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From: taob@ionews.io.org (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.0.5 -> NFS -> Linux: some files inaccessable
Date: 19 Oct 1995 11:42:10 -0400
Organization: Internex Online (io.org) Data: 416-363-4151 Voice: 416-363-8676
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Message-ID: <465rki$su0@ionews.io.org>
References: <jshiffleDGMEJB.ME2@netcom.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: flinch.io.org
Keywords: tape linux backup nfs
In article <jshiffleDGMEJB.ME2@netcom.com>, John Shifflett <jshiffle@netcom.com> wrote:
>
> (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.)
Then Linux is broken. See the "maproot" option in the mount_nfs
man page. It's a security feature (which probably explains why Linux
apparently doesn't have it. ;-) )
--
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org)
System Administrator, Internex Online Inc.
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"