From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
To: Bob Wirka <bobwirka@rtcworks.com>
Cc: no To-header on input <unlisted-recipients:;>,
netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-net@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: NFS and Network Driver Question
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 08:58:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <41768B15.1090402@osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4175AEFE.7090002@rtcworks.com>
Bob Wirka wrote:
> Ok, now I feel like I'm taking crazy pills...
>
> The embedded system boots up and mounts the root file system on my
> host laptop. The 'rc.sysinit' startup script executes the command
> 'mount -a' which should mount /proc, /dev/pts, and /dev/shm, as listed
> in /etc/fstab. When executed, that command returns "mount: only root
> can do that".
>
> When I get to the bash prompt, 'whoami' reports that I am, indeed,
> root. A 'mount -a' from the command prompt gives the same result; it
> doesn't think I'm root for the mount command.
>
> I can chown a file owned by root to some other user, and I can create
> a file or directory in a directory owned by root; so it doesn't always
> think I'm not root.
>
Are you getting bit by the nfs uid mapping on the server. Is it mapping
your local "root" to "nobody"
on the server?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-20 15:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-15 21:31 NFS and Network Driver Question Bob Wirka
2004-10-19 18:03 ` Bob Wirka
2004-10-20 0:19 ` Bob Wirka
2004-10-20 0:54 ` Michael Richardson
2004-10-20 15:47 ` Bob Wirka
2004-10-20 15:58 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2004-10-20 16:03 ` Bob Wirka
2004-10-21 15:09 ` Bob Wirka
2004-10-21 15:50 ` Bob Wirka
2004-10-21 16:17 ` Henrik Nordstrom
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