On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 00:25, Todd Lyons wrote:
> SainTiss wrote on Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 12:19:42AM +0200 :
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm trying to set up NFS here... I've noticed linuxconf is kind of
> > f*cked up... It tries to execute "/etc/init.d/network
> > {status|reload|start|stop}" or something, which is of course a syntax
> > error...
> 
> The {status|reload|start|stop} is probably an error message from the
> script that is showing the valid commands.

As a matter of fact, it is *really* trying to execute the above... I get
a syntax error message about it in the linuxconf logs...

> 
> > Anyway, so I tried it manually.. This is my /etc/exports:
> > /home/misc 192.168.0.2(rw)
> > now I can mount the dir from the client, but I cannot write to it, not
> > even as root... what could be wrong here?
> 
> /home/misc 192.168.0.2(rw,no_root_squash)
> 
> By default root is mapped to the guest user, preventing you from using
> your root ability on your local machine to thoroughly screw up the share
> being exported from the nfs server :)

Ah, that explains it :-)

> 
> Blue skies...                 Todd
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