Configuration Files and the nfsmapid
Daemon
The nfsmapid
daemon uses the SMF configuration information found
in svc:system/name-service/switch
and in
svc:/network/dns/client
as follows:
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nfsmapid
uses standard C library functions to request password and group information from back-end name services. These name services are controlled by the settings in thesvc:system/name-service/switch
SMF service. Any changes to the service properties affectnfsmapid
operations. For more information about thesvc:system/name-service/switch
SMF service, see thensswitch.conf
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To ensure that NFS Version 4 clients are capable of mounting file systems from different domains,
nfsmapid
relies on the configuration of the DNS TXT resource record (RR),_nfsv4idmapdomain
. For more information about configuring the_nfsv4idmapdomain
resource record, see nfsmapid and DNS TXT Records. Also, note the following:-
The DNS TXT RR should be explicitly configured on the DNS server with the desired domain information.
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The
svc:system/name-service/switch
SMF service should be configured to enable theresolver
to find the DNS server and search the TXT records for client and server NFS Version 4 domains.
For more information, see the following:
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