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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/idmapper.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/idmapper.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b9b4192ea8b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/idmapper.txt @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ + +========= +ID Mapper +========= +Id mapper is used by NFS to translate user and group ids into names, and to +translate user and group names into ids. Part of this translation involves +performing an upcall to userspace to request the information. Id mapper will +user request-key to perform this upcall and cache the result. The program +/usr/sbin/nfs.idmap should be called by request-key, and will perform the +translation and initialize a key with the resulting information. + + NFS_USE_NEW_IDMAPPER must be selected when configuring the kernel to use this + feature. + +=========== +Configuring +=========== +The file /etc/request-key.conf will need to be modified so /sbin/request-key can +direct the upcall. The following line should be added: + +#OP TYPE DESCRIPTION CALLOUT INFO PROGRAM ARG1 ARG2 ARG3 ... +#====== ======= =============== =============== =============================== +create id_resolver * * /usr/sbin/nfs.idmap %k %d 600 + +This will direct all id_resolver requests to the program /usr/sbin/nfs.idmap. +The last parameter, 600, defines how many seconds into the future the key will +expire. This parameter is optional for /usr/sbin/nfs.idmap. When the timeout +is not specified, nfs.idmap will default to 600 seconds. + +id mapper uses for key descriptions: + uid: Find the UID for the given user + gid: Find the GID for the given group + user: Find the user name for the given UID + group: Find the group name for the given GID + +You can handle any of these individually, rather than using the generic upcall +program. If you would like to use your own program for a uid lookup then you +would edit your request-key.conf so it look similar to this: + +#OP TYPE DESCRIPTION CALLOUT INFO PROGRAM ARG1 ARG2 ARG3 ... +#====== ======= =============== =============== =============================== +create id_resolver uid:* * /some/other/program %k %d 600 +create id_resolver * * /usr/sbin/nfs.idmap %k %d 600 + +Notice that the new line was added above the line for the generic program. +request-key will find the first matching line and corresponding program. In +this case, /some/other/program will handle all uid lookups and +/usr/sbin/nfs.idmap will handle gid, user, and group lookups. + +See <file:Documentation/keys-request-keys.txt> for more information about the +request-key function. + + +========= +nfs.idmap +========= +nfs.idmap is designed to be called by request-key, and should not be run "by +hand". This program takes two arguments, a serialized key and a key +description. The serialized key is first converted into a key_serial_t, and +then passed as an argument to keyctl_instantiate (both are part of keyutils.h). + +The actual lookups are performed by functions found in nfsidmap.h. nfs.idmap +determines the correct function to call by looking at the first part of the +description string. For example, a uid lookup description will appear as +"uid:user@domain". + +nfs.idmap will return 0 if the key was instantiated, and non-zero otherwise. |