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

[James Wallbank <james [at] xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Everyone,

I'm getting increasingly mystified. /etc/mtab on the hosts shows that
192.168.1.2:/home IS mounted rw, and even a little-used user who is sure
not to have exceeded quota can't log in. I had wondered whetehr there
was a subtle incompatibility between this Mandrake 9.0 NFS server and
our Mandrake 8.2 clients... Maybe something to do with different UIDs
and GIDs for some behind-the scenes KDE machanism? So I tried a Mandrake
9.0 client - with the same disappointing results.

Please! Have you any ideas? I'm becoming desperate!

Thanks,

James
=====

On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 12:58, James Wallbank wrote:
> 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
> =====
> 
> 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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