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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!news.dacom.co.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!news.dfn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!se From: se@MI.Uni-Koeln.DE (Stefan Esser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2.0.5 -> NFS -> Linux: some files inaccessable Date: 18 Oct 1995 19:36:52 GMT Organization: Institute for Mathematics, University of Cologne, Germany Lines: 22 Message-ID: <463l0k$n55@news.rrz.uni-koeln.de> References: <jshiffleDGMEJB.ME2@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sysiphos.mi.uni-koeln.de Keywords: tape linux backup nfs To: jshiffle@netcom.com (John Shifflett) In article <jshiffleDGMEJB.ME2@netcom.com>, jshiffle@netcom.com (John Shifflett) writes: |> When I mount 2.0.5 partitions on a Linux machine (using NFS), files |> and directories owned by root are not readable. Since my DAT drive is |> on the Linux computer, I need _everything_ available through NFS so I |> can make tape backups. (Yes, I'm mounting and attempting to read as |> root). Is there something special I need to do to get this happening? |> (Other _Linux_ computers mounted via NFS don't have this limitation.) This is a security feature of FreeBSD (found on most other UNIX systems, too). You need a "-maproot=root LinuxHost" option in /etc/exports for each file system ... See "man 5 exports" ... Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/staff/esser/esser.html <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE>