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NAME

       rpc.idmapd — NFSv4 ID <-> Name Mapper

SYNOPSIS

       rpc.idmapd [-h] [-f] [-v] [-C] [-S] [-p path] [-c path]

DESCRIPTION

       rpc.idmapd is the NFSv4 ID <-> name mapping daemon.  It provides
       functionality to the NFSv4 kernel client and server, to which it
       communicates via upcalls, by translating user and group IDs to
       names, and vice versa.

       The system derives the user part of the string by performing a
       password or group lookup.  The lookup mechanism is configured in
       /etc/idmapd.conf

       By default, the domain part of the string is the system's DNS
       domain name.  It can also be specified in /etc/idmapd.conf if the
       system is multi-homed, or if the system's DNS domain name does
       not match the name of the system's Kerberos realm.

       When the domain is not specified in /etc/idmapd.conf the local
       DNS server will be queried for the _nfsv4idmapdomain text record.
       If the record exists that will be used as the domain. When the
       record does not exist, the domain part of the DNS domain will
       used.

       Note that on more recent kernels only the NFSv4 server uses
       rpc.idmapd.  The NFSv4 client instead uses nfsidmap(8), and only
       falls back to rpc.idmapd if there was a problem running the
       nfsidmap(8) program.

       The options are as follows:

       -h           Display usage message.

       -v           Increases the verbosity level (can be specified
                    multiple times).

       -f           Runs rpc.idmapd in the foreground and prints all
                    output to the terminal.

       -p path      Specifies the location of the RPC pipefs to be path.
                    The default value is "/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs".

       -c path      Use configuration file path.  This option is
                    deprecated.

       -C           Client-only: perform no idmapping for any NFS
                    server, even if one is detected.

       -S           Server-only: perform no idmapping for any NFS
                    client, even if one is detected.

CONFIGURATION FILES

       rpc.idmapd recognizes the following value from the [general]
       section of the /etc/nfs.conf configuration file:

       pipefs-directory
                    Equivalent to -p.

       All other settings related to id mapping are found in the
       /etc/idmapd.conf configuration file.

EXAMPLES

       rpc.idmapd -f -vvv

       Runs rpc.idmapd printing all messages to console, and with a
       verbosity level of 3.

FILES

       /etc/idmapd.conf, /etc/nfs.conf

SEE ALSO

       idmapd.conf(5), nfs.conf(5), nfsidmap(8)

AUTHORS

       The rpc.idmapd software has been developed by Marius Aamodt
       Eriksen ⟨marius@citi.umich.edu⟩.

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GNU                         February 3, 2003               RPC.IDMAPD(8)

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