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117-102 · Question #666

You want to make the directory /local available via NFS. Everything works fine, but on the client machine, the super user is unable to read any files on the NFS-mounted file system. Why?

The correct answer is D. The exports entry on the server machine does not include the option no_root_squash. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

You want to make the directory /local available via NFS. Everything works fine, but on the client machine, the super user is unable to read any files on the NFS-mounted file system. Why?

Options

  • AThe NFS protocol does not allow this.
  • BThe super user has different user IDs on the client and the server machine.
  • CThe client, when mounting the NFS filesystem, must specify the option trusted.
  • DThe exports entry on the server machine does not include the option no_root_squash.

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  • B
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  • C
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  • D
    83% (34)

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