Article ID: 324084
Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
- Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q324084
SUMMARY
Windows clients that use Client for NFS can authenticate to the UNIX NFS server by using NIS or PCNFSD. When an NFS client accesses files on an NFS server, User Name Mapping service maps the Windows user and group security identifier (SID) to a UNIX user identifier (UID) and a UNIX group identifier (GID). The UID or GID is authenticated by PCNFS, and access to the files is provided based on the authenticated UID or GID. Windows Services for UNIX provides Server for PCNFS to support PCNFS authentication.
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Installing Server for PCNFS from the Command Line
Windows Services for UNIX version 3.0 uses Microsoft Installer for installation. As a result, you can install individual modules of the product from the command line. If previous components of Windows Services for UNIX have been installed, you must include these components in the addlocal parameter of the installation command line, separated by a comma (,). If you do not do so, these components are removed during the installation of PCNFS.
To install Server for PCNFS from the command line:
- Log on to the Windows computer by using an administrative level account.
- Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
- Insert the Windows Services for UNIX version 3.0 CD in the CD drive. (This example uses drive D.)
- From the command prompt, run the following command to install the Server for PCNFS:
NOTE: The default installation path is \SFU.
msiexec /I D:\sfusetup.msi /qb addlocal="Pcnfsd" [targetdir="install path"]
- To include the product key in the command line, add PidKey=
key, wherekeyis the 25 character product key. - If you are using either Windows 2000 and Windows XP, you do not have to restart the computer.
Troubleshooting
- If you are installing from a telnet prompt (where the graphical user interface [GUI] is not available) or by using a script, use the following command line to perform an installation which does not require user interaction:
msiexec /I D:\sfusetup.msi /q addlocal="Pcnfsd" [targetdir="install path"]
- Install Windows Services for UNIX in a folder that does not have any spaces in the folder path to prevent problems with some components of Windows Services for UNIX. The default installation point is \SFU.
- The addlocal parameter to the msiexec command that is described earlier is case-sensitive and space-sensitive. The installation is not successful if you do not use the command exactly as it is written in this article.
- Microsoft recommends that you install at least one User Name Mapping service on your network to map UNIX and Windows user names to each other. For more information about configuring a user name mapping, please view the KB Article in the REFERENCES section.
REFERENCES
For additional information about how to install and configure User Name Mapping service, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
324073 HOW TO: Configure User Name Mapping
For additional information about performing maintenance tasks after a UNIX-to-Windows Migration, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
324539 How To: Perform Maintenance and Ancillary Tasks After a UNIX-to-Windows Migration
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