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Date:      Sat, 08 Sep 2001 18:42:25 +0100
From:      ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com>
To:        Dan Pelleg <peldan@yahoo.com>
Cc:        horio shoichi <horio@pointer-software.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, murray@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: nfs installworld failure
Message-ID:  <3B9A5881.9C4ED44@ntlworld.com>
References:  <3B97C187.67CCE59A@ntlworld.com> <3B9833E1.12AB6B67@pointer-software.com> <3B994A7F.9DA81E94@ntlworld.com> <15257.29514.709014.704497@gs166.sp.cs.cmu.edu>

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Dan Pelleg wrote:
> 
> ian j hart <ianjhart@ntlworld.com> writes:
> 
> > horio shoichi wrote:
> > >
> > > ian j hart wrote:
> > > >
> > > > <hand copied>
> > > >
> > > > usr.sbin/stallion/bootcode
> > > > install -c -o root -g wheel -m 444 2681.sys cdk.sys
> > > > /usr/libdata/stallion
> > > > install 2681.sys: Permission denied
> > > > ***Error code 71
> > > >
> > > > </hand copied>
> > > >
> > > > mounting src and obj -maproot=0 "fixes"
> > > >
> > > > stable cvsup'd this morning (UK mirror)
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > ian j hart
> > > >
> > >
> > > A Good Thing has happened for you. The deafult NFS server
> > > behavior relieves filesystems from many errors by ubiquitous
> > > roots on the lan.
> >
> > I think you miss the point - although it is rather a subtle
> > usage of the English language. maproot fixes the problem
> > in the same way that amputation fixes gangrene. That's what
> > the quotes imply. ie. I shouldn't need to do this.
> >
> > As a point of order, can anyone confirm this behavior?
> >
> > My 0.02 euro - this breaks the release.
> >
> 
>  Confirmed; this happens here too. Chmod-ing the
> usr.sbin/stallion/bootcode/*.sys files to 444 (as root on the NFS
> server) fixes this. They were 400 for some reason a quick look at the
> source and cvs log did not reveal.

The commits on 2001/08/30 are probably responsible. Taking a guess
at the culprits email address.

> 
> --
> 
>   Dan Pelleg

-- 
ian j hart

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