Re: [gentoo-user] Mounts NFS in XFCE4

[Alan McKinnon]

On 01/20/14 07:07, Chris Stankevitz wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 11:13 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
>> Put the mount in /etc/fstab with the noauto and users or user options.
>
> Neil,
>
> Thank you.  I did this; however, as soon as I mount, the directory
> becomes owned by root and I cannot write to it.  Please consider:
>
> jane cstankevitz # grep nfs /etc/fstab
> adam:/mnt/volume_a/sdn_collections
> /home/cstankevitz/Desktop/sdn_collections nfs rw,noauto,user 0 0
>
> Desktop $ ls -l /home/cstankevitz/Desktop/
> drwxr-xr-x  2 cstankevitz cstankevitz       4096 Jan 19 20:43 sdn_collections
>
> Desktop $ mount ./sdn_collections/
> Desktop $ ls -l /home/cstankevitz/Desktop/
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root        root                 2 Jan 19 20:37 sdn_collections
>
> Please note how the ownership changes from cstankevitz to root after I
> mount.  What am I doing wrong?


That's how it is supposed to work. nfs is a Unix filesystem, it obeys
Unix user and permissions (unlike say VFAT or smbfs where it has to
fudge these things). NFS will mount the filesystem using whatever is set
on the server. You cannot override the permissions the server has set
from the client

You probably want to tweak your squash settings. Check /etc/exports on
adam or run "shopmount -e adam" on your local machine


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Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@×××××.com