Re: how do U get root status on NFS mounted directories

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From: Jeremy Doran
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 00:00

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 > awhamilt@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Drew Hamilton) wrote:
 > 
 > Don't do ;ike I did and trust the man exports page! On the linux nfs
 > server in the /etc/exports file specify "no_root_squash". It works for
 > me. By the way, don't pay any attention to all this crap about not
 > logging in as root. If your like me and many others I know you have a
 > linux stand alone workstation at home and you are trying to learn about
 > Unix. If this is the case then EVERYTHING you do on the box requires root
 > access!!! 

Actually, I learnt about unix from an end user (non root) level. Using root
all the time is a bad thing[tm], one of the reasons being that you will not
know what things need what permissions when you are in a user level where
permissions do not matter.

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From: jcd@demon.net (Jeremy Doran)
Subject: Re: how do U get root status on NFS mounted directories
Date: 1996/07/08
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