>>> "Denis" == Denis Havlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[snip]
Denis> This is a rather funny behaviour, but I have noticed it on
Denis> my network too. It seems that unless an directory is
Denis> exported with "no_root_squash", a root cannot mount it
Denis> (?). I did not bother to look in the details, since I
Denis> actually like this feature (or is it a bug), but this is
Denis> what happens:
[snip]
I suppose that since the NFS server doesn't authenticate the user from
the client who is root on the client, "root-squash" is a Good Thing.
If a user gets root access on the client, do you want that user to
merely by that status to be able to get root access on the server?
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