[TriLUG] Re: NFS and remote tape access

[Jon Carnes]

> I tried mounting the remote file system to back up on the machine with the
> tape drive, but root can't access the files on the remote machine that
aren't
> world readable. Is there some magic NFS setting for this?
>
Ahhh, the infamous "no_root_squash" option!

My fav NFS options are:
  rw,insecure,no_root_squash

Here is a sample entry from my /etc/exports file:
/vol/backup     mercury.srvr.haht.com.(rw,insecure,no_root_squash)

Let "root" rule, baby! - Jon