Interoperability between SFU 3.5 and R2

February 22, 2008

Hi,

I know it is a weird request. But it has been giving me major headaches...

My goal is to provide NFS service to my Linux clients from our main file

sharing server, which is running 2003 R1 with SFU 3.5 installed. This main

file server is also a domain controller. I have another domain controller

running Windows R2. Presently, I have all my Linux clients using Active

Directory LDAP Authentication provided by this R2 DC. I have no NIS service

running anywhere.

My question is, in this environment, how do I make the main file server (SFU

3.5 on R1) provide NFS service to our Linux client? Without having to

maintain a manual mapping list?

I tried to use NFS server with NFS authentication and user mapping service

provided by SFU 3.5. The problem is, I don't have an existing user auth

server (NIS/PCNFS) that can be recognized by SFU. I am using LDAP on R2,

remember? I also tried to make R2 provide NIS service, but, because all my

user accounts are under a different container than the default "users"

container, NIS on R2 only reads that container, and it doesn't allow me to

customize it.

Now, I am totally stuck. I have to somehow provide NFS to my Linux clients.

Can someone please point me to the right direction?

Thanks in advance!

Jinbo

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