mounting NFS directory with read write access

[Ranjan Maitra]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:27:56 +0000 "Michael E. Maher"
<michael at maheronline.co.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 14:52 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 18:35 +0000, Michael E. Maher wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 2013-02-27 at 11:57 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > > > Thanks again, Michael!
> > > 
> > > No problems :-)
> > > 
> > > > I think this may well be the problem. The server is a RHEL and has the
> > > > following for ID:
> > > > 
> > > > uid=34533(maitra) gid=101(Domain Users) groups=101(Domain Users),100287
> > > > (dirusers)
> > > > 
> > > > That last is the group for me an user.
> > > > 
> > > > I am not sure how possible it is to change the owner on the remote
> > > > server (not sure what it will affect).
> > > 
> > > Ah, that would be the problem then. The two accounts need the same
> > > 'uid'. You'll have to think about the best way to solve this in your
> > > case. Maybe the easiest way would be to change the uid/gid of the user
> > > on the client system and chown your files with the new uid/gid (just
> > > make sure you have access to another account on the system, otherwise
> > > you could lock yourself out).
> > 
> > He also needs to make sure the server is exporting the filesystem
> > read/write. The default is read-only (see exports(5)).
> > 
> > poc
> > 
> 
> Good spot :-)
> 
> Ranjan, maybe let us take a look at the /etc/exports file on the server.
> Though I'm guessing others are using the same server by the sound of
> your last mail?

Correct, though I don't want to talk about their problems (windoze,
mac users).

I will ask about the exports, though since there is now a workaround,
there is now less urgency at their end....

Many thanks,
Ranjan

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