Re: [Sheflug] Exported filesystem permissions... Urgent Help Please!

[James Wallbank <james [at] xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the speedy response! Great idea - I hadn't checked this.

/etc/mtab on the clients reads that it IS mounted rw - so the mystery
continues...

I just had a thought - does rpc.quotad lock you out if you exceed the
quota? The last server didn't have quotas set up. I'll try a little-
used login...

Still grasping at straws!

Cheers,

James
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On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 12:43, David Holden wrote:
> 
> 
> 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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