On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 2:01 AM Takashi Yano via Cygwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:57:34 +0900 > Takashi Yano wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:32:44 +0200 > > Aurélien Couderc wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 3:04 PM Takashi Yano <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:46:42 +0200 > > > > Aurélien Couderc wrote: > > > > > Cygwin: > > > > > > > > > > /usr/bin/mount with UNC path does not work on Cygwin 3.7 (todays > > > > > version). > > > > > > > > > > Example: > > > > > mkdir nfsdata > > > > > /usr/bin/mount '\\66.9.20.44@NFS@2049\nfspool' $PWD/nfspool > > > > > > > > > > But $PWD/nfspool is empty then, while ls -l > > > > > //66.9.20.44@NFS@2049/nfspool shows directory content. > > > > > > > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > > > > > /usr/bin/mount //66.9.20.44@NFS@2049/nfspool > > > > > > No, that only prints: > > > mount: can't find //66.9.20.44@NFS@2049/nfspool in /etc/fstab or in > > > /etc/fstab.d/$USER > > > > Ah, sorry. I meant: > > > > > I also tried > > > mkdir nfspool > > > /usr/bin/mount '//66.9.20.44@NFS@2049/nfspool' $PWD/nfspool > > > > of cource. > > > > > that succeeded, but a cd nfspool then fails. > > > > Any error message? > > BTW, what does "@NFS@2049" mean?
That is an UNC tag, like WebDAV uses. NFS defines the protocol/transport, 2049 is the default NFS UDP/TCP port number. > Do you use some third party NFS client > on your windows? The driver is ms-nfs41-client, that is the only free Windows NFS driver left since the Microsoft NFS driver no longer works: Linux distributions depreciated NFSv3 server support, and the Microsoft NFS driver only supports NFSv3. Aurélien -- Aurélien Couderc <[email protected]> Big Data/Data mining expert, chess enthusiast -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
