zfs discuss - Jul 2009 - ZFS / NFS with User and Group

Hi there, 

As very much a new convert top Opensolaris & similar environments -
I''ve been trying to get my head around how ZFS relates to NFS when
dealing with user/group permissions.

In my case I have set up an Opensolaris system with a zfs pool with sharenfs on.
Now, I would like several Linux client to be able to access this share depending
on their username, as I''m connecting to the share via NFS, which
commands should I be looking into in order to set up the correct user/group
permissions? If anyone has links to documentation or advice I would really
appreciate it.

Joe
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Joe Locker wrote:
> Hi there, 
>
> As very much a new convert top Opensolaris & similar environments -
I''ve been trying to get my head around how ZFS relates to NFS when
dealing with user/group permissions.
>
> In my case I have set up an Opensolaris system with a zfs pool with
sharenfs on. Now, I would like several Linux client to be able to access this
share depending on their username, as I''m connecting to the share via
NFS, which commands should I be looking into in order to set up the correct
user/group permissions? If anyone has links to documentation or advice I would
really appreciate it.
>
>   
Assuming all the machines use the same name service, the same commands 
you would use on native Linux filesystems. 

ZFS also supports NFSv4/NT ACLs for fine grained access, which are 
explained in the ls and chmod man pages.

-- 
Ian.