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- From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
- Subject: Re: Root Priviledges Between Workstation and Server?
- Date: 11 Dec 1992 19:08:33 GMT
- Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
- Lines: 16
- Message-ID: <1gaovhINNj91@early-bird.think.com>
- References: <derosa.724003438@mica>
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- In article <derosa.724003438@mica> motcid!derosa@uunet.uu.net writes:
- >I need to have root run a process on a workstation and
- >have the results written to a log file on a server on
- >the network. Whenever I do this I get a "permission
- >denied".
-
- By default, NFS servers translate client uid 0 (root) to 65534 (nobody),
- since many sites allow users to become root on their workstation but don't
- want them to have access to the server's critical files. You can change
- this using the "-root=<machine>" or "-anon=<uid>" options in /etc/exports
- on the server.
- --
- Barry Margolin
- System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.
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