[ale] NFS to Samba

Andrew Newton lfs at eskimo.com
Fri Feb 7 14:15:39 EST 1997


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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