Re: /etc/mtab: Permission denied

[Khairul Azmi Abu Bakar <mie@mimos.my>]

Okey.. this is a diskless client and my /etc/exports looks like this

/tftpboot/democlient3           (rw,link_absolute,no_root_squash)
/home                           (rw,link_absolute,no_root_squash)
/lost+found                     (rw,link_absolute,no_root_squash)
/opt                            (rw,link_absolute,no_root_squash)
/pub                            (rw,link_absolute,no_root_squash)
/usr                            (rw,link_absolute,no_root_squash)    

my client /etc/fstab
demoserver:/tftpboot/democlient3 /      nfs     defaults        1 1
demoserver:/home        /home           nfs     defaults        1 1
demoserver:/lost+found  /lost+found     nfs     defaults        1 1
demoserver:/opt         /opt            nfs     defaults        1 1
demoserver:/usr         /usr            nfs     defaults        1 1
/dev/fd1                /mnt/floppy     msdos   rw,user,noauto  0 0
none                    /proc           proc    defaults        1 1
/SWAPFILE               swap            swap    defaults        0 0    

Should there be any mistake please tell me.

Azmi

On Wed, 12 May 1999, Ken Yap wrote:

> >I've done this before but forgot it.. could you please tell me how to make
> >it writable.. this has nothing to do with nfs right>
> >
> >> >I;m trying to boot my client but then it gave me this error message
> >> >
> >> >/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit: /etc/mtab: Permission denied
> >> >can't create lock file /etc/mtab~ :Permission denied
> >> >
> >> >Please help..
> >> >
> >> >Azmi
> >> 
> >> Your root filesystem is not writable.
> 
> If this is a diskless client, then your root FS is on NFS and probably
> your /etc/exports rules don't allow writing on it.
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