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- From: flint@cs.curtin.edu.au (Daniel Baldoni)
- Subject: SUMMARY: NFS exporting hassles
- Message-ID: <flint.726725306@marsh>
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- Organization: Curtin University of Technology
- References: <flint.726378710@marsh>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:08:26 GMT
- Lines: 36
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- G'day folks. Recently, I posted the following query:
-
- >We've got a lab full of DECstation 5000's running Ultrix 4.2A (which we
- >can't upgrade as they have software loaded which is incompatible with
- >later versions of the OS).
- >
- >What I'm trying to do is export several file systems to lots of machines
- >but grant root access to only a select group. The exports file doesn't
- >seem to allow this, although I've tried everything which seems to make
- >sense (and even a couple of things which don't).
- >
- >So, can anybody help me out on this one? I'd greatly appreciate any
- >suggestions.
-
- So far, I've only had responses from Kevin Long (who provided general advice
- on NFS exports/mounting) and Mike Iglesias who basically said "it can't be
- done". Thanks guys.
-
- As I've had no comments to the contrary, I must admit defeat (although I'm
- not happy about it). Considering the functionality provided by every other
- version of UNIX I've seen (including SunOS, IRIX, AIX, HP-UX, BSD4.[23]),
- this is a ridiculous limitation. Just as a point of interest, has DEC fixed
- this in later releases of the OS? It won't help me as we're still bound to
- 4.2A by other software we're running but I'd be interested to find out.
-
- --
- Daniel Baldoni
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