I just followed the following tutorial
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/install-nfs-server-and-client-on-debian/
My exports file looks like
/storage/nfs/ 192.168.2.13(rw,no_root_squash,async)
From what I understand, with rw, and no_root_squash, I should be able to write to the nfs from the client using my normal user, and all the files that my normal user writes will become owned by nobody:nogroup however, that does not seem to be the case, and I can only write to that directory if it is chmod 777 and the files are owned by my client normal user…
How can I get the files the client writes to that directory to be owned by nobody:nogroup and be able to write to that directory without it being chmod 777
Best Answer
nfs checks access permission against user id's . the UID of the user on your local machine needs to match the UID of the owner of the files you are trying to access on the server.