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From: rminnich@sarnoff.com (Ron G. Minnich)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: mount_nfs
Date: 12 Mar 1997 14:57:56 GMT
Organization: David Sarnoff Research Center
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Luca Bertoncello (lucabert@biella.alpcom.it) wrote:
: 	mount_nfs biella.alpcom.it:/usr/users/lucabert /bmm
: where "biella.alpcom.it" is the Alpha server, "/usr/users/lucabert" is
: my directory on it, and "/bmm" is a directory on my local computer.
: Well, no problem encountered during mounting, but if I ask directory of
: /bmm (ls /bmm) there is no files!!


This is almost always a permission problem, i.e. you can mount it
but can't read it once mounted. Doublecheck the exports on the Alpha server.

It does seem counterintuitive that you can mount but not access it, but that's 
how it works.

ron
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