ok, thanks for the tips .. I'll do a little more reading on NFS so I can increase my understanding.
but in the meantime, this seemed to do the trick! "zfs set sharenfs='rw,root=thebsdbox' tank/xen" [root@LBSD2:~] #touch /mnt/xen/test [root@LBSD2:~] #touch /mnt/xen/test2 [root@LBSD2:~] #touch /mnt/xen/test3 [root@LBSD2:~] #rm /mnt/xen/test [root@LBSD2:~] #rm /mnt/xen/test2 [root@LBSD2:~] #rm /mnt/xen/test3 best, tim On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Brian Wilson <bfwil...@wisc.edu> wrote: > On 05/ 8/12 12:19 PM, to...@ulkhyvlers.net wrote: >> >> On Tue, May 08, 2012 at 01:07:23PM -0400, Tim Dunphy wrote: >>> >>> Hi Richard, >>> >>> Thanks for your input. I found that I can share the volume via zfs.. >>> sorry I forgot to mention that this was a zfs pool. >>> >>> I found that I was able to remove the entry from dfstab and use this >>> command to share the volume - >>> >>> zfs set sharenfs=rw tank/xen >>> >>> And when I check the result it looks ok - >>> >>> root@openindiana:~# zfs get sharenfs tank/xen >>> NAME PROPERTY VALUE SOURCE >>> tank/xen sharenfs rw local >>> >>> and now if I look at the nfs server from the client I can see the >>> share, even tho it's no longer listed in dfstab - >>> >>> >>> [root@LBSD2:~] #showmount -e nas >>> Exports list on nas: >>> /tank/xen Everyone >>> >>> And then I try mounting the share from the client - >>> >>> [root@LBSD2:~] #mount nas:/tank/xen /mnt/xen >>> >>> [root@LBSD2:~] #df -h /mnt/xen >>> Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on >>> nas:/tank/xen 1.3T 46K 1.3T 0% /mnt/xen >>> >>> But I am still getting the same result when I try to create a file - >>> >>> [root@LBSD2:~] #touch /mnt/xen/test >>> touch: /mnt/xen/test: Permission denied >>> >>> Maybe I'm missing a flag on the zfs set command? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Tim >> >> >> Feel free to correct me, but I think you still need the "root=thebsdbox" >> as an option for the zfs command. >> >> Ie. something like "zfs set sharenfs='rw,root=thebsdbox' tank/xen" >> Otherwise I suspect that the root remapping thing comes into play. >> >> // Richard >> > > Yes, if trying to touch the file as root - which the command prompt > indicates is the case - then you need to allow root access to the mount > point via the option Richard specified. > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Brian Wilson, Solaris SE, UW-Madison DoIT > Room 3114 CS&S 608-263-8047 > brian.wilson(a)doit.wisc.edu > 'I try to save a life a day. Usually it's my own.' - John Crichton > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
