Re: NFS UID GID sync up

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Check if user owns some objects in the IFS.

Scott Klement wrote:

> That means that there's an active job that's using the GELBARDN user 
> profile.  Wait until there are no active jobs using the profile (or 
> using it as one of it's group profiles) and try again.
>
>
> Nate Gelbard wrote:
>  
>
> > Thanks Scott. 
> >
> > When I 
> > 	CHGUSRPRF USRPRF(gelbardn) UID(7723) GID(6000)
> > I get the error
> > 	Not allowed to change UID of user profile.
> > However, I was able to change just the GID. I am logged in as QSECOFR.
> >
> > Any ideas? Thanks
> > -Nate
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Klement
> > Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 11:20 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: NFS UID GID sync up
> >
> > Hello Nate,
> >
> > NIS is really a means of synchronizing files across a network.  Since 
> > many Unix systems use the same file in the same format for storing 
> > userids and passwords, you can synchronize the password database this 
> > way, which is a useful feature.
> >
> > However, your 170 is running i5/OS, which is not Unix.  It doesn't use a
> >
> > file for userid/password management, and even if it did, the odds aren't
> >
> > good that it would match the Unix format.  So NIS is definitely not a 
> > choice.
> >
> > What you might try doing is creating a file with the following Unix 
> > shell command:
> >
> > awk -F: '{print $1 "," $3 "," $4}' < /etc/passwd > /tmp/myfile.csv
> >
> > This will give you a CSV file containing the user name, UID and GID, 
> > separated by commas.  You should then be able to transfer it to i and 
> > use the CPYFRMIMPF command to convert it to a database file.
> >
> > Once in database format, have a CL program that reads your database file
> >
> > and for each record in the file, do:
> >
> > CHGUSRPRF USRPRF(&USRPRF) UID(&UID) GID(&GID)
> >
> > Granted, this won't run automatically when a profile changes, you'll 
> > have to re-run the process to re-synchronize.   But, still...  it's a 
> > lot better than changing each user profile by hand.
> >
> >
> >
> > Nate Gelbard wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > Hello, I bought a 9406-170 off craigslist for $500 recently.
> > > #2290 CPU, 872meg main storage 4x8gig RAID.
> > >
> > > V5R3 freshly installed and with all license paperwork intact.
> > > Working on getting PASE & SSH & java setup so we can being development
> > > locally.
> > >
> > > Our lab Linux NFS server uses NIS users/groups. When I mount
> > > my home directory from NFS to the as400, the UID & GID
> > > of my 400 user vs the NFS/NIS user don't match and I get permission
> > > denied.
> > >
> > > What's the best way to sync these up?
> > > Can OS/400 talk NIS?
> > > How do I edit my user to change the Uid/Gid to match the Ids coming
> > >      
> > from
> >    
> >
> > > NFS?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > ----
> > > Nate Gelbard | Senior QA Engineer
> > > Direct: 503.276.7635
> > > Cell: 503.810.2840
> > >
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> > >
> > >      
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