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Date: Sun 01-Dec-1989 23:26:16 From: Unknown Subject: how to do NFS between a SUN 4 and a cube HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!! cube, whereas the whole dept shares the SUN 4. SUN 4 files on the cube as a subdirectory. would become a superuser on the SUN 4 automatically which is of course a no-no. If possible, what has to be done? For simplicity, my directory on the cube is /0/nevai and on the SUN my directory is /n/function/0/nevai. Please be gentle with your answers, I am a mathematician and only an amateur in the cube-unix business. Please email answer to nevai@mps.ohio-state.edu Paul Nevai nevai@mps.ohio-state.edu (Internet) Department of Mathematics nevai@ohstpy (BITNET) The Ohio State University 1-(614)-292-5310.office@ans.machine 231 West Eighteenth Avenue 1-(614)-292-4975.department Columbus, OH 43210-1174 1-(614)-292-3317.secretary The United States of America 1-(614)-459-5615.fax HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!! HELP!!! Please be gentle with your answers, I am a mathematician and only an amateur in the cube-unix business. Please email answer to nevai@mps.ohio-state.edu Paul Nevai nevai@mps.ohio-state.edu (Internet) Department of Mathematics nevai@ohstpy (BITNET) The Ohio State University 1-(614)-292-5310.office@ans.machine 231 West Eighteenth Avenue 1-(614)-292-4975.department Columbus, OH 43210-1174 1-(614)-292-3317.secretary The United States of America 1-(614)-459-5615.fax >From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Date: Sun 02-Dec-1989 16:52:31 From: Unknown Subject: Re: how to do NFS between a SUN 4 and a cube nevai@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Paul Nevai) writes: >Want: I want NFS set up between my cube and the SUN 4 so I could mount the >SUN 4 files on the cube as a subdirectory. >Problem: Our computer guys tell me that this is impossible because then I >would become a superuser on the SUN 4 automatically which is of course >a no-no. Tell them to RTFM. >Question: Are those computer guys correct? Is it possible for me to have NFS? >If possible, what has to be done? I can't imagine why they would say that. It is a trivial matter to do what you ask. Tell them to take a look at "exports","exportfs" and "mount" in the man pages. That might refresh their memory. You need to explicity state (in /etc/exports) that a certain machine can have superuser priveleges on a remote filesystem. The one hole I see is if you decide to be mean and... 1) make a new user with a uid and gid which are the same as one on the Sun4 2) delete all their files You wouldn't do that would you? Chris
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