Re: [Sheflug] Exported filesystem permissions... Urgent HelpPlease!

[David Holden <dh [at] xxxxxxxx>]

Does the /etc/mtab on the client show home's as being mounted rw?

 Dave.



On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 12:13, James Wallbank wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> Thanks for your suggestions re: my Caldera Horror. I just did a late
> nighter (5:30am) to rebuild a new server. I've sorted out everything
> except ONE PROBLEM - which should be a no-brainer, but I'm absolutely
> zonked-out and I can't think of the answer.
> 
> NIS works - so the passwd and group files are being served out.
> NFS works - so /home is exported to the network
> 
> However, when I log onto one of the clients as a normal user then I get
> the message
> 
> "Could not write to $HOME. $HOME is a read only filesystem".
> 
> In my case, $HOME is /home/james which is correct.
> Permissions for /home/james are 700 - and I'm the owner.
> Permissions for /home are 711 - root is the owner.
> 
> I've tried 777 on both of these (simultaneously) with no joy. It still
> says $HOME is a read-only filesystem.
> 
> The relevant bit of /etc/exports reads
> 
> /home 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 (rw)
> 
> Read and write, which should be good.
> 
> The relevant bit of /etc/fstab reads
> 
> /dev/hdc1 /home ext3 user,rw 1 2
> 
> This used to read 'defaults' but I changed it.
> 
> Please, please, please! What is the annoyingly small thing that I'm
> overlooking? I have Access Space users here who can see their home
> directories, but can't write to them. Argh! A fast response would be a
> godsend.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help,
> 
> James
> =====
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