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From: jr@bwilab3.UUCP (Eugene W Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP9000s425t How can I modify NFS kernel
Summary: Here is the solution
Message-ID: <132@bwilab3.UUCP>
Date: 6 Dec 90 15:28:56 GMT
References: <1990Dec4.185735.9667@polyof.poly.edu>
Organization: Bradley Ward Inc., Atlanta, Ga
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In article <1990Dec4.185735.9667@polyof.poly.edu>, rocky@polyof.poly.edu (A1 rocky shiotsuki (staff) ) writes:
>     I just started to administrating HP 9000 series 425-T
> workstations. I set one up as NFS server and others as
> clients.  When I create directory on client's NFS mounted
> disk at user ID root (ID=0), a created directory ID become
> 65534, not as root.  Friend of mind told me that this is
> a feature of NFS, unix kernel will set clients root (ID=0)
> ID to (ID=-2).  Is there way to modify HP unix kernel?
> So, root on client can create and modify directory as root.

The following solution is the only one that I'm aware of. If anyone knows
any other way(s) please post them or E-mail them to me. Thanks

Everyone hold on, we are about to use 'adb' on the kernal !!!!!!!
Here we go:
	Login as root
	type 'adb -w /hp-ux'
	th system may kick and buck with one or two messages then
	type 'nobody?D'
	this will display the decimal value of nobody. (probably -2)
	type 'nobody?W0'
	this will write a '0' into the 'nobody' parameter.
	type a <ctrl>d
	this will exit 'adb'
Now you are ready to reboot your system.
Hope this helps.

Remember that the words "Always" and "Never" only apply somtimes.
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