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From: kemp@uiatma.atmos.uiuc.edu (John Kemp)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: WHO IS NOBODY?
Message-ID: <1991Mar2.003208.29486@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 2 Mar 91 00:32:08 GMT
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Can anyone explain how the "nobody" comes into play in NFS?
For example, if I put "/exportdir remotemach.subdomain" in 
the /etc/exports file, how do I control who accesses that?

For example, what happens to remote users in the following cases?
   root@remotemach.subdomain    ( remote super-user )
   common@remotemach.subdomain  ( uname/UID/GID same on both systems )
   unknown@remotemach.subdomain ( known on remote, but not locally )

How can I enable universal access to "remotemach.subdomain"?
(No YP please because it is not in use here.)
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