[ale] weird nfs problem

Jonathan Glass jonathan.glass at ibb.gatech.edu
Thu Feb 13 07:50:18 EST 2003


What are the user ids on the files, and do the user ids match on both machines 
(IDs, not names).

Jonathan

Quoting "ChangingLINKS.com" <x3 at ChangingLINKS.com>:

> I have an NFS server. The exports file was like so:
> 
> 	/dir user1(rw)
> 	/dir user2(rw)
> 
> I changed it to:
> 
> 	/dir user1(rw)
> 	/dir/subdir user2(rw)
> 
> Now, the users can create and remove files BUT not edit files. I just
> want to 
> limit user2 to a subdirectory. I can still see /dir from the clients.
> When I open vi to edit a file under /dir, it says "error writing to swap
> file" 
> and will not let me save the file. Same type of error with other
> editors.
> Anyone heard of this?
> 
> -- 
> Wishing you Happiness, Joy and Laughter,
> Drew Brown
> http://www.ChangingLINKS.com
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Jonathan Glass
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IBB/BME
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