On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 09:12:33AM -0000, rocky wrote: > Hey, > > My desktop has Debian Etch running on it. I have another laptop has > latest Ubuntu installed on it. I want my Debian Etch box to serve as > file server so I can back up the files from Ubuntu laptop to Debian > desktop. > > I installed nfs-common and nfs-kernel-server on my Debian Etch box. In > the /etc/exports and /etc/hosts I made the corresponding > configurations. From Ubuntu's shell I install and started the nfs- > common and created a directory /mnt/private. But mount rocky-desk:/ > home/lover/shareTest /mnt/private/ makes owner and group of the /mnt/ > private to nagios. The permission for that is 644. My user name for > the Ubuntu box is not nagios. I do not even use root to change /mnt/ > private 's permission. Can any of you tell me how I can make the > ubuntu box's /mnt/private directory with correct user & group so I can > read and write the files stored on Debian Etch box please?
what are the permissions of the mount point *before* mounting the nfs share and what is the contents of /etc/exports on the server? A
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