On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Alisdair McDiarmid wrote: alisda >Ah. I just tried putting it in /etc/fstab, and doing mount as alisda >alisdair, and it worked :-)
cool.. alisda >> if its root that is mounting it you may want tot ry the alisda >> no_root_squash option alisda > alisda >I get `no such option' if I try that. try adding /directorytobeexported hostname_to_export_to(ro,no_root_squash) this works for me using the nfsd, i have never tried the knfsd if that is what you are using, see man exports for more info.(knfsd is the kernel level nfs daemon available, but not required in 2.1/2.2/2.3 kernels) alisda >The /etc/passwd and /etc/group files are totally different across alisda >the two machines: e.g. the UID for alisdair on letdown is the alisda >UID for knox on skinny. Is there a sensible way of fixing this? alisda >Should I look into NIS? you could do that, or just setup one user/group and add everyone to it that needs read(or write) access..or you could just make everything 777 (make sure to make the directory on the server this before the client mounts it.) depends what level of security you want/need. NIS would be good but it does not support shadow passwords, which may be an even bigger security risk. NIS+ supports shadow but last time i tried setting up a NIS+ server on linux i ended up reformatting(back when glib2.1 was still beta and no distributions included it, had to install it manually and it didnt go to well) NIS+ client wise for linux i read is in pretty good condition I'd avoid NIS+ until it stabilizes anyways. you can read up on linux and NIS+ at: http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/nisplus/index.html alisda >Thanks for your help, sure, glad to help. nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 1:53pm up 133 days, 1:47, 4 users, load average: 1.42, 1.56, 1.53
