hi ya anil > > The direcotries being exported are accessible by everyone, see my original > post for the export list I had pasted. I'd experiment and change (everyone) to something else... > Mounting dist.engr:/ works fine from other IRIX stations, its linux thats > giving these error messages. the exports file I have works for me... my secure linux boxes can see / partitions of other servers... ( sgi, sun, linux, WinNT..etc..etc.. and vice versa I'd check which version of rpc your boxes are running too... ver=2 or ver=3.... have fun alvin > > On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Alvin Oga wrote: > > > > > hi ya > > > > > I am trying to mount the exported dir "/" on linux. I get "Input/Output > > > errors", when accessing that dir. > > > > / is root protected... > > > > am guessing dist.engr:/test is not root owned ? > > so you can mount it and see its contents... > > > > what is your dist.engr:/etc/exports look like ?? > > i use something like: > > # only machines you want to see / > > / trustedmachine.domain.com(ro,no_root_squash) > > /test domain.com > > > > am guessing you have a directory permission problem that needs to be > > changed at dist.engr.. > > > > have fun > > alvin > > > > > [root@pc-lucky src]# mount -t nfs -s dist.engr:/ /mnt > > > [root@pc-lucky src]# ls -R /mnt > > > ls: /mnt/unix: Input/output error > > > ls: /mnt/usr2: Input/output error > > > ... > > > > > > [root@pc-lucky src]# umount /mnt > > > [root@pc-lucky src]# mount -t nfs -s dist.engr:/test /mnt > > > [root@pc-lucky src]# ls -R /mnt > > > <It lists the files/dirs> > > > ... > > > > > > I only get these errors when mounting and accessing the / exported > > > directory ONLY. I looked at dist:/ dir and there was nothing "messy" in > > > it. Just a bunch of ln's, .*, dirs and other files. > > > > > > Maybe NFS (w/ autofs support) in linux doesn't like having / exported and > > > then at the same time also having the server export some other dirs (i.e: > > > /people)? > > > > > > This works fine under IRIX. Any hints? > > > > > > PS: I have used rsize, wsize of 8192 and a bunch of other variables but > > > still no help. > > > > > > > > > > > > Details follow: > > > ---- > > > NFS Client: > > > Linux pc-lucky 2.2.10 #20 Fri Sep 24 02:56:32 PDT 1999 i686 unknown > > > > > > NFS Server: > > > IRIX64 dist 6.5-ALPHA-1285887420 09200850 IP27 > > > > > > Exports list on the server: > > > / (everyone) > > > /people (everyone) > > > /rfindd (everyone) > > > /all_parts (everyone) > > > /all_parts_3 (everyone) > > > /all_parts_5 (everyone) > > > /test (everyone) > > > /test1 (everyone) > > > /test2 (everyone) > > > /test3 (everyone) > > > /xlv2 (everyone) > > > /toolroot (everyone) > > > /mirror (everyone) > > > /mhist (everyone) > > > > > > > > > Autofs: > > > autofs-3.1.3-jsgf-990410 > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Anil > > > > > >
