Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rice!sun-spots-request From: bambam!dino!hjp@uunet.uu.net (Howard J. Postley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: NFS maps root to nobody Message-ID: <140@dino.UUCP> Date: 3 Jan 89 06:57:42 GMT Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 17 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: 22 Dec 88 01:38:48 GMT X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 83, message 6 of 22 I know that this has been asked and concluded long ago but I forgot the answer and where to look for it. By default, NFS maps root uid (0) to nobody (-2). This is inconvienent for our site. My question is: how do I change this mapping? I couldn't find the kernal include file to change because I don't know what the parameter is called. Thanks in advance, //Howard P.S. Sun 3/50, SunOS 3.4 -- Howard Postley usenet: uunet!bambam!hjp On Word phone: +1 213 399 7733 snail: 2434 Main St; Santa Monica, CA 90405