Charles Bartels wrote:

basic configuration, groups, users, quotas

Hi,

I'm setting up a new 810 and seemed to have confused myself mightly.

I'm really unclear on what the passwd and group files on the filer are for. Are they just used for quotas? Or are they also used for some sort of authentication which I seem to be missing?

We're running a PDC which the filer talks to. Then I have a number of UNIX accounts which will, ultimately, automount their home directories. I would like to set up some group quotas also. In tests, the passwd file on the filer seems irrelevant.

-C.

- /etc/passwd is relevent in order to correctly map uids with username (and other things like home dir for ftp service)
- you also need it when you use a certain way of mapping users :
in multi-protocol environment CIFS/NFS, you map a Window user to a unix user with /etc/usermap.cfg and some options like wafl.default_unix_user. If you remove the /etc/passwd file, you *may* expericence mapping problems. Type on telnet "wcc -s an_nt_username", if the output is related to a unix name being in the passwd file, removing it will discrupt the mapping process
- deleting the root entry in the passwd file will leave you unable to connect as root on the Filer (from both CIFS and NFS)
- /etc/passwd was usfull for quotas for CIFS users only in old releases (5.3.7). If you use quotas for NFS users, keep this file. If you use quotas on CIFS only, passwd file is no more usefull.

so, my advice it to leave the passwd file in place.
if you also use NIS, as NIS can't communicate root information, leave at least the root entry in it (and possibly guest also if your configuration needs it)

Take a look at multi-protocols chapter.
hth