Re: [E-devel] entrance problem with nfs

[Ibukun O. <ib...@co...>]

Nir Tzachar wrote:
> hello.
> 
> entrance have a problem with users whose home dirs reside on nfs.
> if the nfs export is set to root-squash, entrance does not succeed in
> creating the 
> authentication file (.Xauthority).
> i guess the problem is it does not set it's uid at the appropriate time,
> but im 
> shooting blind here....
> The problem is not manifested with local users, but only in the scenario
> mentioned above.
> 
> any ideas??? has someone else ever tried this??
> 

Well, I hate to say "duh", but you specifically configured your NFS 
mount to prevent root from writing, and you are complaining that 
entrance cannot write?

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