I got the following reply.. which didn't help.  The NFS server is running 
linux 1.2.13 if that counts.  nfsd and mountd are version 2.0 which came 
with the Linux-Xkernel package.. aparently they were modified to talk to 
Suns... Before i ran these versions of nfsd and mountd, i could mount but 
couldn't access at all..even as root.

I also noticed in the docs for nfsd/mountd it says i should mount with 
these options: options rsize=1024,wsize=1024 ... or their equivelents.. 
so i tried -r 1024 -w 1024.. still same problem.  I've noticed that even 
as root i can't write to the the nfs mounted filesystem.  Yes, 
/etc/exports onthe server states (rw) access.

Anyone have any other suggestions?

Thanks


ltost@erols.com
http://www.pobox.com/~ltost


On Wed, 8 May 1996, David Conran wrote:

> LANCE TOST writes ...
> > 
> > Hi everyone... i've just compiled bash 1.14.6 and it seemed to work 
> > fine.. until i made it my default shell.  I installed it in 
> > /usr/local/bin... Also, my /home dir is NFS mounted from a linux box 
> > running nfsd 2.0.. Here's what happens..
> > 
> > login here
> > ---------------
> > Welcome to NetBSD!
> > 
> > shell-init: could not get current directory: Permission denied
> > bash$ pwd
> > pwd: could not get current directory: Permission denied
> > bash$ ls
> > job-working-directory: could not get current directory: Permission denied
> Um .. I had a very similar problem on a SunOS box.
> From memory .. it was the permissions on the mount point on the nfs client
> *before* mounting the nfs dir from the server.
> try setting 'chmod 777 /home' on the nfs client before mounting.
> This made my problem go away.
> bash was about the only program that complained.
> -- 
>