[COLUG] NFS on Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003

[Brian Miller]

On Monday 20 August 2007 5:02:23 pm Scott Merrill wrote:
> We have a Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 running at $work,
> which we would like to use to provide unified home directories to users
> in our (upcoming) Active Directory, allowing folks to log on using
> either Windows or GNU/Linux (RHEL4 and RHEL5) workstations.
>
> Windows UDS speaks CIFS, NFS2 and NFS3.  The file server is a member of
> the Active Directory.  The workstations with which I am testing are
> members of the AD, using Kerberos for login authentication, and LDAP for
> nsswitch lookups.  From a Linux client, I can do `getent passwd` and
> `getent group` to see those user and group accounts which have been
> supplied with UNIX credentials within the AD.
>

> I'm curious if anyone on the list has any insight that might assist me.
>   Are there client-side NFS mount options I can try?  I'm currently
> using these:
> rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,nfsvers=3,posix,rsize=32768,wsize=32768
> I have tried with both nfsvers=2 and nfsvers=3.
>

Have you considered using the smbmount option from Linux to Windows?  That 
would authenticate the Linux user to AD using Windows protocols, and would 
eliminate the use of NFS mounts.  It also means you don't have to mess around 
with getting Windows to "speak Linux", but rather are using the Samba.org 
hacks of the CIFS protocol.