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> In-Reply-To: <48d803190510181542o528b15at95b1a3005329fb2d@mail.gmail.com> 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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