1. Managing Network File Systems in Oracle Solaris 11.4
  2. Accessing Network File Systems
  3. NFS Daemons
  4. nfsmapid Daemon
  5. Configuration Files and the nfsmapid Daemon

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:

  • 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 the svc:system/name-service/switch SMF service. Any changes to the service properties affect nfsmapid operations. For more information about the svc:system/name-service/switch SMF service, see the nsswitch.conf(5) man page.

  • 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.

    • The svc:system/name-service/switch SMF service should be configured to enable the resolver to find the DNS server and search the TXT records for client and server NFS Version 4 domains.

    For more information, see the following: