You will see that those files are listed with a UID/GID number instead of the name. Root will have access to those files, but no one else unless you have a local user or group mapped to those UID/GIDs. NFS works the same way.
Jeremiah E. Bess Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 09:27, Fletcher Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > I am currently using sshfs to mount a remote filesystem. The files > come up on my local box as having the same uid/gids as on the remote > host. I do not have these uids/gids set up on my local system however. > The thrust of my question is this: How does linux deal with uid/gids > that are unknown to the system? Does it just ignore the permissions > on those files and act as if you were root when dealing with them? > > Thanks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
