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Re: NFS & Permissions



I was using root at first. After checking with other users I did
notice that only root was not allowed. Now by adding no_root_squash
everything works fine !
Thanks.


On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:

> 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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