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From: mark@putte.seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Mark Hannon)
Subject: Re: root access to nfs?
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In article <589ahi$qj0@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu>,
mjones01@thunder.temple.edu (Morgan Jones) writes:
> I am fairly new to FreeBSD... reasonably experienced in Linux & UNIX though...
>
> I am attempting to mount several partitions on my new FreeBSD machine from
> my existing Linux box. However, when I set no_root_squash in /etc/exports
> on the server side, I am still not allowed access to read/write as root
> in FreeBSD. Is there something I am missing here? Note the listed steps
> would work in Linux...
>
Hi Morgon,
From the FAQ:
9.11. Why can't I NFS-mount from a Linux box?
Some versions of the Linux NFS code only accept mount requests
from a privileged port; try
mount -o -P linuxbox:/blah /mnt
Rgds/mark
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