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authorSteve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>2016-08-18 14:16:48 -0400
committerSteve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>2016-08-20 10:53:51 -0400
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nfs-utils: Update rpc.idmap and nfsidmap man pages
Describe how the NFSv4 domain name can be now be found using the _nfsv4idmapdomain DNS TXT record Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/utils/nfsidmap/nfsidmap.man b/utils/nfsidmap/nfsidmap.man
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+++ b/utils/nfsidmap/nfsidmap.man
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ 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.
.PP
+When the domain is not specified in
+.I /etc/idmapd.conf
+the local DNS server will be queried for the
+.I _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.
+.PP
The
.I /usr/sbin/nfsidmap
program performs translations on behalf of the kernel.