On 25-Oct-97 Jason Killen wrote: > Ok sorry for my non-well formed question. > > /etc/exports line looks like this (names and faces have been changed) > > / 242.21.5.133 (rw,root_squash,map_daemon) > > In this example I have exported the root directory of the server to the > machine > with the given ip, thats right...right. > > On the client I say > mount 242.21.5.133:/ /mntpnt > when I cd to /mntpnt/var/spool/mail and say ls the directory is empty. > On > the server /var/spool/mail is full of files.
Tine to shine the bright lights in the eyes and start asking nasty questions to your system: For instance, after you have done "mount 242.21.5.133:/ /mntpnt", what do you get from "ls /mntpnt"? "ls /mntpnt/var"? "ls /mntpnt/var/spool"? The same questions if you DON'T mount 242.21.5.133:/ ? Do you by any chance have a directory /mntpnt/var/spool/mail on the local machine which happens to be empty? Check (using the unadorned command "mount") that you DON'T have the remote root directory mounted before doing this test. I notice that the "mount" command you cite does not include any options. Normally, at the very least you would say mount -t nfs 242.21.5.133:/ /mntpnt unless you have an entry for /mntpnt in /etc/fstab which says that the default filesystem type for mounting to /mntpnt is "nfs". The behaviour you describe is consistent with (a) failure to mount 242.21.5.133:/ to /mntpnt with the "mount 242.21.5.133:/ /mntpnt" command, together with (b) having a local directory /mntpnt/var/spool/mail which is empty. Good luck, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: Ted Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 25-Oct-97 Time: 10:29:12 -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
