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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!news.duke.edu!news-server.ncren.net!concert!news.uncc.edu!usenet From: jlrobins@uncc.edu () Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: .0.5 -> NFS -> Linux: some files inaccessable Date: 20 Oct 1995 14:00:03 GMT Organization: University of NC at Charlotte Lines: 20 Message-ID: <468a13$m2p@news.uncc.edu> References: <jshiffleDGMEJB.ME2@netcom.com> Reply-To: jlrobins@uncc.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: castor.uncc.edu [Q why won't linux root file ops be validated by FreeBSD NFS server when they would be by a "_Linux_" (his emph) server] This is apparently because "_Linux_" is more lenient with permissions on exported file systems. Check out the man page on the exports file (man 5 exports). This will tell you to add the "-maproot=root" option on the filesystems that you want external root == internal root privledges. With FreeBSD (and Solaris for that matter), you have to willingly give up security on those filesystems, since, by default, external root operations get mapped to the nobody (-1) UID. -- James Robinson Phone: (704) 547-4876 Department of Computer Science FAX: (704) 547-3516 UNC Charlotte email: jlrobins@uncc.edu Charlotte, NC 28223-0001 System Administrator