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Re: NFS server

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Siggy Brentrup)
Tue Jan 23 20:06:24 1996

Date: 	Tue, 23 Jan 1996 14:12:20 +0100
From: Siggy Brentrup <bsb@beck.westfalen.de>
To: <hyoung@phycmt3.sogang.ac.kr>
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199601221419.XAA14594@phycmt3.sogang.ac.kr>
Reply-To: bsb@uni-muenster.de

>>>>> "hyoung" == hyoung  <hyoung@phycmt3.sogang.ac.kr> writes:

    hyoung> I have installed the slackware 3.0.0.
    hyoung> That is good.
    hyoung> But I have some problems with respect to "nfs".
    hyoung> Of course, it works fine for usual users.
    hyoung> But, root can not write on the mounted device.
    hyoung> At the previous version, root can do it.
    hyoung> Can I make root do it ?

If you aren't concernced about security add the no_root_squash option
in server's /etc/exports file.  See man exports(5) for more.

Before disabling root squashing for any export, please rethink the
security implications.

Hope this helps
  Siggy

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