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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!news.ppp.de!news.Hanse.DE!wolfhh!tsunami.Hanse.DE!bodhi Date: 15 Jul 1995 14:02:00 +0100 From: bodhi@tsunami.Hanse.DE (Oliver Schmelzle) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Message-ID: <5purFC81OHB@tsunami.Hanse.DE> References: <5pur66iXOHB@tsunami.Hanse.DE> Subject: Re: Can't mount readwrite via NFS from Linux-box X-Newsreader: XP v3.0 R/B7064 Lines: 22 > I have a Linux-box (1.2.8) exporting some directories readwrite via NFS. > Mounting these for read and write under another Linux-system works fine. > > The problem arises with FreeBSD 2.0.5. If I mount the directories under > FreeBSD I cannot write to them. A 'showmount' on the Linux-server-side > doesn't list any mountpoints, but I can read the data on my FreeBSD- > system. 'mount' actually shows the mounted parts. > > Any idea to fix this problem? I finally found the problem. For write-access Linux-NFS expects packets from a reserved port. Using 'mount_nfs -P' fixed it. Now, I can read and write on that NFS partition. oli. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - oliver schmelzle - bodhi@tsunami.hanse.de ------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------- no, it's not a bug. it's a language feature! - --------------------------------------------------------------------------