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From: Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Permission error when trying to rsync over nfs
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 19:16:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2005358.PYKUYFuaPT@rogueboard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8d7fd97c-f6f0-a877-7889-ff0c5c830ebb@gmail.com>

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On Tuesday, 20 May 2025 17:30:34 British Summer Time Dale wrote:
> Michael wrote:
> > On Tuesday, 20 May 2025 14:27:51 British Summer Time Dale wrote:
> >> Michael wrote:
> >>> OK, I am confused ...  :-/
> >>> 
> >>> If you want to update the contents of a fs over the network, then rsync
> >>> is
> >>> your tool.  Why is NFS coming into this at all?
> >>> 
> >>> Assuming the user IDs are the same across systems, add '--numeric-ids'.
> >>> That's all.
> >> 
> >> Well, I mount the drives on the NAS box over the network with nfs on my
> >> main rig.  It's just how I set it up.  For some reason, it just won't
> >> work this time.  It works when I do my video backups tho.  :/
> > 
> > NFS has other advantages, but running rsync through it ain't one of them.
> > 
> > Are the directories exported in the *same* way?
> > 
> > Do you use (rw) as an option?
> > 
> > Have you set up anonuid and anongid options in the exports for the IDs you
> > want the remote users to acquire when connecting over NFS?
> > 
> >> It does mount fine and everything shows up.  It's just that it won't let
> >> me create a directory or anything to copy files over.
> > 
> > Can you drag & drop individual files using the GUI or CLI, without rsync?
> > 
> > Check the above suggestions in case one of them works for you.
> > 
> > However, I still think you should use rsync directly, since we're talking
> > about updating remote data to match your local data - it is what it was
> > designed for.
> 
> I had a idea.  I checked permissions of things while connected to the
> new data drive set.  Then I pulled the backup drive set from the safe
> and hooked it up.  I then checked the permissions of it.  There is
> something different between the two.  Could this be the problem.  This
> is the info, removing unneeded bits.  This is the data drive set.
> 
> 
> 
> root@nas ~ # mount | grep /mnt
> /dev/mapper/data on /mnt/backup type ext4 (rw,relatime)
> root@nas ~ # ls -al /mnt/
> total 24
> drwxr-xr-x  6 root root 4096 May 12 23:43 .
> drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Mar 23 10:05 ..
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 May 20 09:32 backup
> root@nas ~ #
> 
> 
> root@Gentoo-1 / # mount | grep TV_Backup
> 10.0.0.5:/mnt/backup on /mnt/TV_Backup type nfs4
> (rw,relatime,vers=4.2,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,namlen=255,hard,nocto,prot
> o=tcp,nconnect=4,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,clientaddr=10.0.0.4,local_lock=
> none,addr=10.0.0.5) root@Gentoo-1 / # ls /mnt/
> total 68
> drwxrwxr-x 17 dale users 4096 Oct 22  2024 .
> drwxr-xr-x 18 root root  4096 Sep 11  2024 ..
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 May 20 09:32 TV_Backup
> root@Gentoo-1 / #
> 
> 
> 
> This is the backup drive set which works fine. 
> 
> 
> 
> root@nas ~ # mount | grep /mnt
> /dev/mapper/backup on /mnt/backup type ext4 (rw,relatime)
> root@nas ~ # ls -al /mnt/
> total 24
> drwxr-xr-x  6 root root  4096 May 12 23:43 .
> drwxr-xr-x 17 root root  4096 Mar 23 10:05 ..
> drwxr-xr-x  4 1000 users 4096 Aug  4  2024 backup
> root@nas ~ #
> 
> 
> root@Gentoo-1 / # mount | grep TV_Backup
> 10.0.0.5:/mnt/backup on /mnt/TV_Backup type nfs4
> (rw,relatime,vers=4.2,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,namlen=255,hard,nocto,prot
> o=tcp,nconnect=4,timeo=600,retrans=2,sec=sys,clientaddr=10.0.0.4,local_lock=
> none,addr=10.0.0.5) root@Gentoo-1 / # ls /mnt/
> total 68
> drwxrwxr-x 17 dale users 4096 Oct 22  2024 .
> drwxr-xr-x 18 root root  4096 Sep 11  2024 ..
> drwxr-xr-x  4 dale users 4096 Aug  4  2024 TV_Backup
> root@Gentoo-1 / #
> 
> 
> The difference is on the NAS box.  Permissions are set to 1000:users.  I
> don't recall setting that.  So, I reconnected the data drive set and
> changed the permissions to match the backup drive set.  As I type, it is
> doing the backups. 
> 
> I wonder, why does it have to be set that way????  Oh, you can bet I put
> this info in a file, for me to forget I have when I run into this
> again.  :/
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-) 
> 
> P. S.  Is there a better way to do this?  I'm not worried about security
> as it only goes between one box through my router to the other box.  I
> just need to be able to go both ways. 

Normally, /mnt is owned by root:root.  Plain users are not allowed to create 
mountpoints at will.

UID 1000 would be the first user you set on this PC, e.g. 'dale'.

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  reply	other threads:[~2025-05-21 18:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-05-19 13:39 [gentoo-user] Permission error when trying to rsync over nfs Dale
2025-05-20 11:46 ` Michael
2025-05-20 13:27   ` Dale
2025-05-20 14:02     ` Michael
2025-05-20 16:30       ` Dale
2025-05-21 18:16         ` Michael [this message]
2025-05-21 19:42           ` Dale
2025-05-21 20:03             ` Michael
2025-05-26 10:09   ` Dale
2025-05-28 12:58     ` Dale
2025-05-30 23:35     ` Frank Steinmetzger

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