NFS time based access restrictions

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 03:23:56PM -0500, Darryl Moore wrote:
> Oh that's easy. My home server hosts videos. Everything I've ripped
> and/or downloaded in the last decade is there. I want to make sure the
> kids can't access it between the time they get home and after supper.
> 
> Perhaps another solution is to change the group ownership of the
> directory and use cron add/remove the kids from a videoviewing group.
> I'm using LDAP for authentication already so that wouldn't be too hard.
> 
> Yes, I didn't really think exporting and unexporting the directory was
> the best option. I have enough occasional issues with my own laptop and
> NFS when it sleep and the wakes somewhere not on the network. If
> Nautilus had an NFS mounted directory open when it went to sleep it
> causes all sorts of head aches when it resumes.

Changing the permissions or ownership sounds like a much better idea.
Takes effect emmidiately.  Easy to debug, easy to reverse later too.

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