NFS4 permissions problem -

[Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA]

On 27/11/12 16:25, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Seems right to me.  Only up for a few minutes at 05:15 to give a cat water......
>
> Normally root access is not "allowed" across NFS mounts.  You're logged in as root on the client.  I've not done this in a while so you'll have to check.....
>
> On the server side you probably have root_squash specified in the exports file.  I think that needs to be changed to no_root_squash.  You have to unmount the file system on the client side, re-export the files system on the server side, and then remount on the client side.

    Cat, dog and horse feeding time here ...

        no_root_squash seems to have fixed things since I need to be
        root to transfer the file I was working with. That may indicate
        other permission problems but it's a start anyway. I will keep
        chipping away ...

    Tnx


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