NFS non root user don't have write access.

knockout_artist · 10-10-2008, 02:00 PM

Hi,

I have mounted a share(nfs/share) from boxA to boxB.
On boxB only root can modify the share/files etc on mounted nfs.
Of course on box a non root user(owner of /nfs/share) can read/write etc.

on boxB its mounted as
<server>/nfs/share /local
and non root user have full access to over /local.

Any Ideas?

Thanks.

indienick · 10-10-2008, 02:44 PM

Yep! I have an idea!
You are going to have to modify the line in /etc/fstab (on boxB) to look something like this:

Code:

<server>:/nfs/share   /local   nfs   defaults,user,rw   0   0

On boxA, make sure you export the directory with the same options as you define in /etc/fstab:

Code:

/nfs/share   xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(user,rw,no_squash_root)

Just as a side note, when you're asking about proper configurations in the future, it is best to usually include the configuration file or a snippet from the configuration file in question. In this case, we would have liked to have seen the /etc/fstab from boxB, and the /etc/exports file from boxA.