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From: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: NFS won't mount foreign disks
Summary: Problem fixed -- need mountd -n on foreign systems
Keywords: NFS mount
Message-ID: <1990Nov10.142318.580@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Date: 10 Nov 90 14:23:18 GMT
References: <1990Nov9.223114.24254@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department
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In article <1990Nov9.223114.24254@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson)) writes:
>Problem: I can't mount any foreign file system on the DN10000 with
>commands like: mount -o soft ferrum:/ /nfs/ferrum_root
>The error message is always:
>mount: ferrum:/usr on /nfs/ferrum_usr: Access denied

The Apollo Hotline figured this one out first time - you have to use the '-n'
option on 'mountd' on foreign systems since the "new" NFS mountd wants to use a
privileged port by default, but the Apollo can't; the '-n' tells mountd
to use the "old" NFS mount port. NFS now works :-).
-- 
Mike Peterson, System Administrator, U/Toronto Department of Chemistry
E-mail: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca
Tel: (416) 978-7094                  Fax: (416) 978-8775