root access with NFS on ISC 2.2

jmd jmd at gtenmc.UUCP
Sat Jan 5 18:19:02 AEST 1991


Please summarize for the net but I think that it is not an ISC problem
but just a general behavior of NFS to prevent root having ``universal''
priviledges - note that the user id of files created while ``root'' have
the value 65734 if memory serves me.  modifying files for which your
user id is the same on the server *and* the client machine behaves as
expected *except* for certain operations which I am still trying to
understand (some programs such as those which include the GNU gdbm
library CANNOT successfully create a file).  Not being an NFS expert, but
rather just getting my feet wet could account for any and all inaccuracies
just cited ;-)

pappy



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