Network file system like NFS but with login/pass ?

Hello,

I would like to know if there is a network file system similar to NFS
which provides login/pass based security rather than ip-based one ?

Samba would be just great for this use, but it doesn't offers all the
attributes/owner/group/etc functionnality for the files.

Ideally, the fs i'm looking for would be mounted at boot by the clients
with a command like
mount -t <fs> server:/shared_dir /mnt/another_dir -o user=toto,pass=stg
and would permit all ext2fs operations like chmod/chown/chattr and so.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Sebmil.

sebmil <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to know if there is a network file system similar to NFS
> which provides login/pass based security rather than ip-based one ?

> Samba would be just great for this use, but it doesn't offers all the
> attributes/owner/group/etc functionnality for the files.

Samba 3 has the ability to carry Unix specific information, such as
UID/GID etc. I believe support for it is included in 2.4.25.

> Ideally, the fs i'm looking for would be mounted at boot by the clients
> with a command like
> mount -t <fs> server:/shared_dir /mnt/another_dir -o user=toto,pass=stg

Not very secure, but.

> and would permit all ext2fs operations like chmod/chown/chattr and so.

Actually, I don't know if Samba has be ability to use attributes as
well, such as immutable.

If not, NFS tunneled over SSH may work? It'd be a lot more work and less
efficient though.

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Hello,

>> I would like to know if there is a network file system similar to NFS
>> which provides login/pass based security rather than ip-based one ?
>
>> Samba would be just great for this use, but it doesn't offers all the
>> attributes/owner/group/etc functionnality for the files.
>
> Samba 3 has the ability to carry Unix specific information, such as
> UID/GID etc. I believe support for it is included in 2.4.25.

Thanks for the suggestion, i'll have a look at this.

>> Ideally, the fs i'm looking for would be mounted at boot by the clients
>> with a command like
>> mount -t <fs> server:/shared_dir /mnt/another_dir -o user=toto,pass=stg
>
> Not very secure, but.

Sure it's not very secure, but it's still better than pure ip based
security. All i want is to prevent someone with a laptop to connect on the
network, take the IP adress from a turned off client, mount the shares,
and take all files.

Actually i'm using Samba 2 with a credential file in each user's home
(perms 0600 of course), so mounting can be done automatically. But Samba
2 is not at ease with file permissions and others things, that's why i'm
looking for something better suited to Unix, like NFS.

>> and would permit all ext2fs operations like chmod/chown/chattr and so.
>
> Actually, I don't know if Samba has be ability to use attributes as
> well, such as immutable.
>
> If not, NFS tunneled over SSH may work? It'd be a lot more work and less
> efficient though.

It sounds a bit to difficult for me at this moment, but i'll look after
this also.

Thanks for the help !