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From: scott@grlab.UUCP (Scott Blachowicz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Backup over net (Was Re: NFS Super users?)
Message-ID: <240042@grlab.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jul 89 17:52:40 GMT
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/ grlab:comp.sys.hp / vic@zen.co.uk (Victor Gavin) /  7:30 am  Jul  1, 1989 /
>In article <239@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> jim@cs.strath.ac.uk writes:
>>In article <240038@grlab.UUCP> scott@grlab.UUCP (Scott Blachowicz) writes:
>>>Is it possible to disable the Super-user-maps-to-uid-65534(aka -2) behavior?
>>
>>then patch the kernel variable called "nobody". NFS servers map root NFS
>>requests to this user-id. Normally it is set to -2 (explaining the
>>behaviour you describe above). Setting it to 0 will grant clients super
>>user access to the server.
I think that involves using adb on our kernel...

>This is only because HP runs an old version of NFS. In the newer versions, the
>exports file describes how to map the root id when access is made to files on
>that file system from specific machines.
Maybe I'll wait for that...which version(s) of HP-UX?

>>>I want a nice easy way to specify some remote directories when doing
>>>system backups and such...
>>
>>The way to do that is not to use NFS for backups! Use rdump to backup
>>files to a remote tape drive or other backup device.
>
>HP don't support rdump!
Would/will it support REMOTE FILES to be backed up to a LOCAL TAPE DRIVE? What
I'm trying to do is get files off of 2 systems onto 1 backup. (backup my
home directory and some other people's plus some other stuff spread
across 2 systems).

Thanx,
Scott Blachowicz    scott@grlab.UUCP