Re: NFS & Permissions

["Jens B. Jorgensen" <jjorgens@bdsinc.com>]

Matthew Tebbens wrote:
> 
> I would like to mount one of my servers and have that server
> allow access from the requesting uid/gid just as if it were
> local.... possible ?
> If so, how would I specify that in /etc/exports ?
> 
> (As root on the remote system, I would like access to root files
>  on the server via NFS, same with other user ids)

This is just how NFS works. The exception is the root user. 
NFS exports don't allow root access unless you add a
the option no_root_squash. All this information is found in
the exports man page. Need I say it?

-- 
Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com


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