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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Argh..NFS Access
Date: 31 May 1996 17:42:47 GMT
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mward@utcvm.utc.edu (Michael Ward) wrote:

> Ok I admit Im a newbie (going on 3 months of FREEBSD experience w/o any
> prior unix) and Ive done the following things to get my machine, slug, to
> act as an NFS server
> 
> 1. Modified /etc/exports to include a line
> 
> 
> /usr -alldirs  slug.ceca.utc.edu
> 
> 2. Ran mountd as root

> slug shows up as a host, but when I try to login using my name and
> password, it says unknown user...Ive tried root and its password and
> still no luck..What Am I doing wrong?

Huh?  In which way do you expect NFS and regular user access to be
related?

-- 
cheers, J"org

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