Re: mount nfs with root privileges
High,
On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 jsalord@publicom1010.com wrote:
> I'm trying that server A backs up server B mounting B via NFS. But, to copy
> completely all files, server A needs to access server B with root
> privileges.
> So far, I have used the option no_squash_root but server A still can't copy
> files only readable by owner (chmod 600).
>
Just to be sure, you mean no_root_squash, with option rw ?
> What I have to do to backup up server B completely.
>
> If there are other ways to backup via NFS please suggest me.
>
Well, the above should work, however, you will have some trouble with the
/dev directory if you use 'cp -r' directly.
You could try to use a tar pipe of some kind, over ssh. There have been
various threads about this, and I do not remember exactly, so you should
search the archives for this.
Greetz,
Sebastiaan
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