[4563] in linux-net channel archive
Re: NFS/root problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Frascone)
Sat Sep 28 11:50:24 1996
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 15:46:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: Dave Frascone <daf@sdoatl.mmr.lucent.com>
To: Mark Lane <mlane@3wave.com>
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19960927002516.5fdf8430@mailhost.3wave.com>
From `man 5 exports`:
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root_squash Map requests from uid 0 on the client
to uid NOBODY_UID (a compile-time
option) on the server.
no_root_squash * Don't map requests from uid 0.
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/etc/exports from my system (where root has full access)
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/usr/bin jeteye(rw,no_root_squash) *.mmr.lucent.com(ro)
/usr/src jeteye(rw,no_root_squash) *.mmr.lucent.com(ro)
/usr/X11R6 jeteye(rw,no_root_squash) *.mmr.lucent.com(ro)
/usr/lib jeteye(rw,no_root_squash) *.mmr.lucent.com(ro)
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On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, Mark Lane wrote:
> Hi everyone.
> I have a Debian Linux 2.0.6 box which is NFS-mounting /var/spool/mail
> and /home from a Slakware Linux 1.2.8 box. The 1.2.8 file system is exported
> using default values, and UID's/GID's are shared between both systems.
> The 2.0.6 box is mounting the file system using default settings.
> The root account on the 2.0.6 client box cannot access NFS-mounted
> files for read or write. I have read the man pages for exports, nfsd, mountd,
> and mount on both boxes, along with the NFS-root mini-howto (just in
> case...), but cannot find anything to indicate what's wrong. Therefore, I turn
> to the experts. How can I get root account access to the NFS-mounted
> file systems?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mark
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Mark S Lane (mlane@3wave.com) |
> 3rd Wave Technologies |
> Phone/FAX: (423) 652-6090 |
>
>
