NFS maps root to nobody

Keith McNeill eplrx7!mcneill at uunet.uu.net
Thu Jan 19 00:28:50 AEST 1989


bambam!dino!hjp at uunet.uu.net (Howard J. Postley):
> By default, NFS maps root uid (0) to nobody (-2).  This is inconvienent
> for our site.
> My question is:  how do I change this mapping?...

Change the kernel var "nobody" to 0.  The directions on how to do this are
in the Network administration guide (right around the section on how to
increase network security).

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