> > If I understand correctly, as soon as I set the 'user' flag in /etc/fstab,
> > any user can mount/unmount a partition. But - why can't I use 'mount
> > -atnfs' when all nfs partitions have the user flag set (error message is
> > 'mount: only root can do that')?
> I suspect you also need mount permission from the nfs hosts.
> Otherwise, IMHO, this would be a very handy trick to hack into other
> perople's computers ??

I didn't state so, but mounting each of the nfs partitions separately
works, i.e. 'mount /Firefranc' 
fstab entry is:
firefranc:/  /Firefranc  nfs  user,exec,dev

just the 'mount -atnfs' comes up with an error...


   Benedikt

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