On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 05:46 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 08/09/09 05:29, Jussi Lehtola wrote: > > > > It seems the user mapping failed and thus the default guest user > > 'nfsnobody' was used to access the server. (r/w as guest is a possible > > security issue.) > > > > If you can't list the directories all the way down, the permissions > > aren't correct. You can run > > # chmod o=rX -R /path/to/photos > > to give users not in the nfsnobody group read access to the photos (and > > the necessary execute permissions to the directories). To change the > > ownership run > > # chown someuser: -R /path/to/photos > > > > One thing that puzzles me is that I can put files on the server from > this F-11 box without a hitch, permissions just work but her Mac is > showing up with the "nfsnobody" files? I guess I need to find why > that's happening, my problem or hers? > > Ok, I will look at these things again but even using "su -" it > didn't let me chown to bobg? > > I'll have a go at t again later. I guess you have the same UID on your computer and the server, but the UID of your daughter on her laptop does not correspond to any user on the server (I assume you're not using NFSv4). You have to run commands marked with # command as root, commands marked with $ command are to be run as a normal user. -- Jussi Lehtola Fedora Project Contributor jussilehtola@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines