This is probably due to fact that when using NFS, calls from uid 0 are mapped to anonymous user by default. You can override this with no_root_squash in exports.
If I remember correctly, the sudo mode was originally developed for situations like these. It provides an alternative for the setuid chroot. Jussi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello scratchbox-users, > > I'm trying to install Scratchbox 0.9.8 on an NFS-exported > partition and while the initial installation looked good - > > 1) I've unpacked the files (as root): > scratchbox-core-0.9.8.8.tar.gz > scratchbox-devkit-debian-0.9.8.8.tar.gz > scratchbox-libs-0.9.8.8.tar.gz > scratchbox-toolchain-cs2005q3.2-glibc-arm-0.9.8.5-6.tar.gz > scratchbox-toolchain-cs2005q3.2-glibc-i386-0.9.8.5-6.tar.gz > > 2) run /scratchbox/run_me_first.sh, > > 3) added the users to "sbox" group (we use LDAP here), > > 4) run sbox_adduser on every user (and see the > subdirs in /scratchbox/users being created) > > now I'm stuck with this problem: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] # id > uid=0(root) gid=0(root) > groups=0(root),1(bin),2(daemon),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(wheel) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] # /scratchbox/sbin/sbox_ctl start > /scratchbox/sbin/sbox_ctl: Permission denied. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] # ll /scratchbox/sbin/sbox_ctl > -rwxr-xr-- 1 root sbox 951 Dec 16 2005 /scratchbox/sbin/sbox_ctl* > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] # mount|grep scratchbox > bonfs04:/vol/nrc1/scratchbox on /scratchbox type nfs > (rw,fg,nfsvers=3,tcp,timeo=600,retrans=2,hard,nointr,addr=xxx.xxx.90.236 > ) > > > Probably because of the NFS-exports I'm unable > run the script /scratchbox/sbin/sbox_ctl as root (and > later I was going to allow the users to run it through sudo). > > Does anybody please have an idea, how could > install Scratchbox into an NFS-mounted area (read-write) > and let multiple users use it? > > Also, what is the sudo install mode meant for, > how to use it please? Sofar I've done ecverything as root. > > Thank you > Alex > _______________________________________________ > Scratchbox-users mailing list > Scratchbox-users@lists.scratchbox.org > http://lists.scratchbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scratchbox-users _______________________________________________ Scratchbox-users mailing list Scratchbox-users@lists.scratchbox.org http://lists.scratchbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scratchbox-users
