Since gvfs 1.23.90, gvfs has gained the ability to mount NFS shares using libnfs. This means that mounting an NFS export does not require root. Authentication is based on the user ID of the user that mounts the share.
To use this feature, simply mount a URL like nfs://hostname/path/to/export If you're interested in the development background: http://rossl.org/blog/computer/gvfs-nfs.html https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=738967 If you want to try out the feature, a recent version of libnfs is required, 1.9.7. Since this is a userspace nfs client, it comes with the caveat that the mount needs to be exported with "insecure" on Linux (or some equivalent for other NFS servers) so that it allows connections from port numbers higher than 1023. Alternatively, a special capability can be given to the binary: sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /usr/libexec/gvfsd-nfs Regards -- Ross Lagerwall -- nautilus-list mailing list nautilus-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/nautilus-list