When the server is operating in either mixed or UNIX security mode, it creates mappings between UNIX and Windows users and groups. For example, user John Doe could have a UNIX user account named jdoe and a Windows user account named johnd. These two user accounts are made equivalent by setting up a user mapping. Furthermore, the server assumes that equivalent user and group names are the same for both environments. For example, if no explicit mapping is found for user janed, the server assumes that the UNIX user account named janed is the same as the Windows user account with the same name.
There are two steps to follow when setting up user and group mappings on
the server:
- Specify each NFS user and group’s name and ID. Note that this step is not required for Windows users or groups, as the server obtains all of the information it needs from the domain controller (DC).
- Map the NFS user (group) names to Windows NT user (group) names.