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In article <4qhvhq$30d@nntp1.best.com>,
Michael  <webmaster@girlswear.com> wrote:
>using the NFS daemon on linux, how do you 
>retain root status on the remotely mounted files??
>
>the usual stuff for unix does not appear to work 
>how does root write or create files on the remote system
>without explicitly setting all the directories mode 777 ??

I don't think you can.  Even if you could, you shouldn't, since this
can cause big security risks.

Better way to do it is to su to whoever owns the file over NFS, and 
then you can read and write to your heart's content.

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Drew Hamilton   UW Math/CS   http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/awhamilt
char *Girlfriend=NULL;            int languages[3]={English,French,C};
#include<fdc.h>   #define DREAMGIRL "Belle"   const int status=SINGLE;
"Je veux m'envoler dans le bleu de l'espace..."   - Belle, lBelB, 1991

In article <4qhvhq$30d@nntp1.best.com>,
Michael  <webmaster@girlswear.com> wrote:
>using the NFS daemon on linux, how do you 
>retain root status on the remotely mounted files??
>the usual stuff for unix does not appear to work 
>******** exports **********
>/dir     -rw=host,access=host,root=host
>nor does
>/dir     (rw) host

Try 'man 5 exports' ...

# /etc/exports: the access control list for filesystems which may be exported
#		to NFS clients.  See exports(5).
/cd *.lotte.sax.de (ro, root_squash)
/home/bmt/heiko	icm.lotte.sax.de(root_squash)
/usr/local/bin jang.lotte.sax.de (ro, root_squash)
/home/bmt/bmt/kmtdat jang.lotte.sax.de (rw, root_squash)
/var/spool/news jang.lotte.sax.de (ro, root_squash)

And read about the opposite to root_squash ...
And think about security....

Heiko

Michael,
>******** exports **********

>/dir     -rw=host,access=host,root=host

>nor does

>/dir     (rw) host
I think the proper format is:
/dir host(rw)

Good luck.
Ethan

lblanton@dayton.net wrote:
> 
> Michael,
> >******** exports **********
> 
> >/dir     -rw=host,access=host,root=host
> 
> >nor does
> 
> >/dir     (rw) host
> I think the proper format is:
> /dir host(rw)
> 
> Good luck.
> Ethan

As a matter of fact, the correct answer is:

/dir host(rw, no_root_squash)

awhamilt@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Drew Hamilton) wrote:

>In article <4qhvhq$30d@nntp1.best.com>,
>Michael  <webmaster@girlswear.com> wrote:
>>using the NFS daemon on linux, how do you 
>>retain root status on the remotely mounted files??
>>
>>the usual stuff for unix does not appear to work 
>>how does root write or create files on the remote system
>>without explicitly setting all the directories mode 777 ??

>I don't think you can.  Even if you could, you shouldn't, since this
>can cause big security risks.

>Better way to do it is to su to whoever owns the file over NFS, and 
>then you can read and write to your heart's content.

>---
>Drew Hamilton   UW Math/CS   http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/awhamilt
>char *Girlfriend=NULL;            int languages[3]={English,French,C};
>#include<fdc.h>   #define DREAMGIRL "Belle"   const int status=SINGLE;
>"Je veux m'envoler dans le bleu de l'espace..."   - Belle, lBelB, 1991

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!!!

 > 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.

On 08 Jul 1996 16:44:30 +0100, jcd@demon.net wrote:
> > awhamilt@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Drew Hamilton) wrote:
> > 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.

  I found that when I first started using Linux I was doing everything in
root as well.  It was just easier.  However, the more I use it, the less I
do in root.  I've discovered that it's much easier to much about and play
around with things when you don't have to worry about screwing something up. 
Logged in as a regular user, I know there's very little I can do to actually
trash the system, so I experiment more.



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Mark Levitt wrote:
>   I found that when I first started using Linux I was doing everything in
> root as well.  It was just easier.  However, the more I use it, the less I
> do in root.  I've discovered that it's much easier to much about and play
> around with things when you don't have to worry about screwing something up.
> Logged in as a regular user, I know there's very little I can do to actually
> trash the system, so I experiment more.

Very true...  A properly configured UNIX (Linux for this matter) system sould
be VERY usable when logged in as a regular user.  For day to day use, reading
news, webbing, programming in C, and C++  (Non system programming) , mail, MUCK,
irc, etc...  My regular user account is more than adequate.  If I REALLY need
root, it's simple enough to click on an icon that I ahve set up, and open a
root shell, and type a password...   or jsut su to root...  

How hard can it possibly be?

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