[OpenIndiana-discuss] nfs permission denied

[Brian Wilson]

On 05/ 8/12 12:19 PM, tomte at 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 at 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 at LBSD2:~] #showmount -e nas
>> Exports list on nas:
>> /tank/xen                          Everyone
>>
>> And then I try mounting the share from the client -
>>
>> [root at LBSD2:~] #mount nas:/tank/xen /mnt/xen
>>
>> [root at 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 at 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.

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