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[ale] NFS to Samba
- Subject: [ale] NFS to Samba
- From: lfs at eskimo.com (Andrew Newton)
- Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1997 11:15:39 -0800
Works like a champ. Thanks.
Jacob Langseth wrote:
>
> [Excerpt from Olaf Kirch <okir at monad.swb.de>]
>
> The reason is that nfsd refuses to access file systems which reside on a
> device with major number 0. This is mainly aimed at denying transitive
> access to FSs mounted from other remote hosts. However, as a virtual FS,
> procfs also uses a major number of 0. This feature can be disabled when
> you specify the --re-export or -r flag, however.
>
> So, don't use --re-export, or, if you insist on doing so, e.g. because you
> wish to distribute a Novell FS to other UNIX clients, do yourself a favor
> and don't export your root fs (a bad habit anyway).
>
> --
> Jacob Langseth <langseth at cc.gatech.edu>
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Andrew Newton
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