Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr!midas!copper!mikem
From: mikem@copper.MDP.TEK.COM (Mike Mihalik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: GatorBox & mt XINU
Summary: fail to mount /etc
Keywords: GatorBox, mt XINU
Message-ID: <3276@copper.MDP.TEK.COM>
Date: 29 Jun 89 21:12:15 GMT
References: <238@linod.UUCP>
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
Lines: 37

In article <238@linod.UUCP>, brett@linod.UUCP (Dr. Michael R. Brett) writes:
> Hello out there,
> 
> we have a little problem with our GatorBox (GatorSoftware 1.25).
> The GBox works fine for AppleShare access on our SUNs (SUN OS 4.0,
> SUN UNIX 4.2) but refuses to connect to our VAX (mt XINU 4.3 BSD UNIX).
> We checked the GBox's configuration, the /etc/hosts, /etc/hosts.equiv files
> on the VAX, but aren't able to fix our problem. The only hints we have are
> the following lines from the GBox's Message Log:

I recently had the same problem with an installation with our Sequent
Balance 8000. The fix was simple:

	Check to see if /etc is a volume by itself, or a subdirectory
	of the / volume.

	If it is part of your / (root) volume, then you need to export
	the / volume in your /etc/exports config file for NFS.

	Rather than export / in my configuration, I simply pointed the
	NFS group and user file info to some public directories in
	another volume. This is the GatorBox info you config for NFS
	mount points.

Maybe you can help me...

How do I get NCSA Telnet working with my GatorBox and MAC IIcx. The
connections never happen. Can't get past the point where the
connections dialog indicates it is searching for my host.

The other problem I have is acknowledged by Cayman, and will be fixed
sometime in the future. AppleShare PC operates with some peculiarity;
i.e. I can mount volumes, but I can't see any filenames. Ignoring
this, I can move files from PC to my server; I just can't move
anything from the server back to the PC.

Mike Mihalik