Am Samstag, 9. Oktober 2004 20:41 schrieb michaela: > I was attempting to setup NFS between my usermachine (nfs-client) and > emailserver (nfs-server) using the instructions from the FreeBSD Handbook > (section 19.5). Both machines are on my LAN. > > I wanted to have my users be able to get their email straight from > the /var/mail directory via NFS, as opposed to having it fetched remotely > via PINE. > > Everything runs great, EXCEPT... When I goto look at the /var/mail > directory on the usermachine I get this listing..... > > ([EMAIL PROTECTED])-># ls -l /var/mail > total 584 > -rw-rw---- 1 apticle mail 0 Oct 9 01:33 .apticle.pop > -rw-rw---- 1 1003 mail 0 Oct 9 12:25 .cyberjedi.pop > -rw-rw---- 1 stunnel mail 0 Oct 8 17:21 .jisaac.pop > -rw-rw---- 1 cyberjedi mail 0 Oct 9 14:24 .michaela.pop > -rw-rw---- 1 michaela mail 0 Oct 8 07:42 .sysadmin.pop > -rw-rw---- 1 apticle mail 0 Oct 9 01:33 apticle > -rw-rw---- 1 astronut mail 0 Sep 4 14:34 astronut > -rw-rw---- 1 mtanaki mail 3256 Sep 16 11:02 babyboy > -rw------- 1 106 106 0 Sep 5 01:07 clamav > -rw-rw---- 1 babyboy mail 0 Sep 4 14:35 cpu > -rw-rw---- 1 1003 mail 0 Oct 9 12:37 cyberjedi > -rw-rw---- 1 sysadmin mail 0 Sep 4 22:26 donations > -rw-rw---- 1 stunnel mail 0 Oct 8 17:21 jisaac > -rw-rw---- 1 cyberjedi mail 0 Oct 9 14:24 michaela > -rw-rw---- 1 clamav mail 380174 Oct 5 11:19 michaeljr > -rw-rw---- 1 goose mail 0 Sep 4 14:36 mtanaki > -rw------- 1 70 70 0 Sep 12 14:03 pgsql > -rw------- 1 root wheel 162836 Oct 9 04:19 root > -rw------- 1 cpu stunnel 0 Sep 8 16:21 stunnel > -rw-rw---- 1 michaela wheel 18523 Oct 9 06:00 sysadmin > -rw-rw---- 1 trivash mail 0 Sep 4 14:38 trivash > ([EMAIL PROTECTED])-># > > > Notice how the OWNERS and GROUPS of certain users (entries) don't belong to > the proper "owners". This causes, "PERMISSION DENIED" errors while trying > to read email in PINE because the mailbox isn't 'owned' by the specific > user. > > The /var/mail directory on my usermachine (nfs-client) is the same as on > the emailserver (nfs-server). However, when running NFS the > filepermissions change the /var/mail directory on the userserver > (nfs-client). > > I have the option -maproot=root in my /etc/exports file on the emailserver > (nfs-server). > > Any idea to what might be causing this, and how I would resolve it??? I > was thinking that even though I have the SAME users on each box, the UIDs > are DIFFERENT on the two machines. Could that be it?????
Right, only UID counts. You want to think about yp/nis or a LDAP user database! But you have to synchronize UIDs and GIDs to make NFS useful. -Harry > > > Thanks in advance.... > > >> Michael > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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