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  • Can you run NFSv4? That's the only version that provides user authentication and uid and gid mapping. Commented Feb 2, 2018 at 5:55
  • Yes, NFSv4 is no problem. We don't really need UID and GID mapping as we keep both UID and GID synchronized across all machines manually. Commented Feb 2, 2018 at 6:03
  • For a user with local sudo rights, what is to keep them from accessing the NFSv4 server as a different UID? Say, a developer uses the UID of the bookkeeper to look at financial documents. How does one stop that? Commented Feb 2, 2018 at 6:05
  • @MountainX For a user with local sudo rights, what is to keep them from accessing the NFSv4 server as a different UID? Say, a developer uses the UID of the bookkeeper to look at financial documents. How does one stop that? You pretty much can't stop that, which is why you have to be really careful who you give sudo rights to, and with exactly what sudo rights you give them. Commented Feb 2, 2018 at 12:14
  • @AndrewHenle - yes, that's the issue we're trying to understand. Maybe SSHFS is the best solution, but people keep telling me that SSHFS is not designed to be part of a multi-user fileserver solution. Is there anything that will address this better? Commented Feb 3, 2018 at 1:08