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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.
How the community answered
(41 responses)- A5% (2)
- B2% (1)
- C10% (4)
- D83% (34)
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