Can anyone suggest what might be wrong as root user cannot write to the NFS mounted directory.
At client, the mount succeeds, but write doesn't. The 'no_root_squash' is enabled at server, the UUID's match, so where is the problem[1]?. Jari AT CLIENT (192.168.1.12 / Debian unstable) $ dpkg -l nfs-common ii nfs-common 1:1.1.3-1 $ mount 192.168.1.7:/mnt/local/storage/share/src /mnt/tmp <ok, no errors> $ mount | grep 1.7 192.168.1.7:/mnt/local/storage/share/src on /mnt/tmp type nfs (rw,addr=192.168.1.7) $ ls -l /mnt/tmp drwxrwsr-x 4 root src 4096 2008-08-24 20:28 . $ id -a uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) $ touch /mnt/tmp/test.tmp touch: cannot touch `/mnt/tmp/test.tmp': Permission denied AT SERVER (192.168.1.7 / Debian testing) - Version $ dpkg -l nfs-kernel-server ii nfs-kernel-server 1:1.1.2-6 - /etc/exports contains 'no_root_squash' which should allow root access /mnt/local/storage/share/src 192.168.1.0/27(rw,sync,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check) - How Kernel sees the exports (after "exportfs -rav"): $ cat /proc/fs/nfs/exports # Version 1.1 # Path Client(Flags) # IPs /mnt/local/storage/share/src 192.168.1.0/27(rw,no_root_squash,sync,wdelay,no_subtree_check,uuid=d16a2f42:9a504489:a7888624:c832a7f3) $ showmount -e | grep src /mnt/local/storage/share/src 192.168.1.0/27 - identity and write test $ id -a uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) $ touch /mnt/local/storage/share/src/test.tmp $ ls -la /mnt/local/storage/share/src/test.tmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root src 0 2008-08-24 20:52 /mnt/local/storage/share/src/test.tmp $ rm /mnt/local/storage/share/src/test.tmp - Directory permissions $ ls -la /mnt/local/storage/share/src drwxrwsr-x 4 root src 4096 2008-08-24 20:28 . - No service restrictions $ cat /etc/hosts.allow <empty> $ cat /etc/hosts.deny <empty> - No firewalls $ iptables -L Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination [1] I've read all of this, but it doesn't explain what's missing here. "I do not have permission to access files on the mounted volume" http://nfs.sourceforge.net/nfs-howto/ar01s07.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]