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Date:      Sat, 16 Nov 1996 19:31:17 +0000 ()
From:      Justen Stepka <raistlin@chaos.ecpnet.com>
To:        Ricardo Kleemann <ricardo@americasnet.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD ISP list <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: weird error with NFS
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.961116193030.188A-100000@bullfrog.ecpnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9611161631.B573-0100000@katric1>

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On Sat, 16 Nov 1996, Ricardo Kleemann wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a file system mounted over NFS (/home directory).
> Anyway, if I'm a user I can go into my home directory and make changes.
> However, AS ROOT I keep getting "Permission Denied"! A check on permissions
> reports nothing out of the ordinary. 
> 
> /home is owned by root.wheel
> However, as root I CANNOT create a directory under /home ! :( This 
> symptom only happens due to /home being NFS-mounted (as client).
> The NFS server is a linux box, the client (the one reporting premission 
> denied) is a freebsd box. The mount was performed with rw of course, and 
> as I said, if I su to any user, go to his home directory and touch 
> anything it works fine. It's just root! who can't do anything...
> 
>  Any ideas???
> 
> TIA,
> Ricardo
> 

no_root_sqaush will fix that

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