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Date:      Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:54:39 -0700
From:      David Kirchner <dpk@dpk.net>
To:        Mohan Singh <mohansingh68@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: root can't write to NFS mounted directory
Message-ID:  <35c231bf0510181654s1fcae0a7l9be2655276dc0fdd@mail.gmail.com>
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References:  <48d803190510181542o528b15at95b1a3005329fb2d@mail.gmail.com>

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On 10/18/05, Mohan Singh <mohansingh68@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have some home directories that is mounted over NFS.
>
> The users who log in via NIS can write to their respective home
> directories, but root on the NFS client can't.
>
> The NFS directories are exported via a NAS. I know it is not a
> configuration issue on the NFS server, as it previously worked fine,
> and the only change I have made recently is to wipe and install the
> client.
>
> What setting on the client allows root to write to NFS mounted directorie=
s?

I don't think there is one, but I could be wrong. There is a setting
which enables/disables global write access to the partition. Use
"mount -o rw -u /mountpoint" to remount it as read-write, if it's
read-only now.



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