Re: NFS maps root to nobody

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From: Keith McNeill
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1989 14:28

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bambam!dino!hjp@uunet.uu.net (Howard J. Postley):
> By default, NFS maps root uid (0) to nobody (-2).  This is inconvienent
> for our site.
> My question is:  how do I change this mapping?...

Change the kernel var "nobody" to 0.  The directions on how to do this are
in the Network administration guide (right around the section on how to
increase network security).

    Keith D. McNeill              |    E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
    eplrx7!mcneill@uunet.uu.net   |    Engineering Physics Laboratory
    (302) 695-7395                |    P.O. Box 80357
                                  |    Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0357

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