From: Steve Dickson <SteveD@redhat.com>
To: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH nfs-utils] Give useful error if mount.nfs not installed setuid.
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 05:21:00 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4822C5FC.8020203@RedHat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18466.32444.577468.951202-wvvUuzkyo1EYVZTmpyfIwg@public.gmane.org>
Neil Brown wrote:
> If mount.nfs is not installed setuid, an attempt to perform a "user"
> or "users" mount will fail with a fairly obscure error message,
> typically about getting "permission denied" from the server.
>
> This patch gives a more helpful message in that case.
>
> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Committed... thanks...
steved.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-08 9:26 UTC|newest]
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2008-05-08 4:17 [PATCH nfs-utils] Give useful error if mount.nfs not installed setuid Neil Brown
[not found] ` <18466.32444.577468.951202-wvvUuzkyo1EYVZTmpyfIwg@public.gmane.org>
2008-05-08 9:21 ` Steve Dickson [this message]
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