[TriLUG] fedora core 3 nfs question

[Aaron S. Joyner]

Rick DeNatale wrote:

>It shouldn't. /etc/fstab is meant to be read/only.  On my linux
>systems, I give no-one write permission on /etc/fstab. If I need to
>change it I
>
>sudo chmod u+x /etc/fstab
>sudo myfavEditor /etc/fstab
>sudo chmod a-x /etc/fstab
>
>  
>
Just being a stickler here, but the u+x and a-x in those chmod commands 
is for the executable bit.  Probably what you intended to type was:
chmod u+w
chmod a-w (or u-w)

Just as a further observation, since you're using sudo to edit it, and 
root is not bound by filesystem permissions, there's no need to make the 
chmod changes in order to edit the file.  Your editor might complain a 
touch, or ask you to forcibly overwrite the file (i.e. w! or x! with 
Vi-style editors), but that's about the only thing avoided with the 
chmod commands.

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Aaron S. Joyner