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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1604 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:50:17 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!pipex!seunet!sunic!mcsun!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!rwb.urc.tue.nl!rcpt From: rcpt@rwb.urc.tue.nl (Piet Tutelaers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: [386bsd] NFS permission error (need help) Message-ID: <rcpt.730077685@rwb.urc.tue.nl> Date: 18 Feb 93 23:21:25 GMT Sender: root@tuegate.tue.nl Reply-To: rcpt@urc.tue.nl Lines: 26 I can't mount filesystem /fs from our SUN onto our 486BSD UNIX box. I get the message: mount RPC error on <our SUN>:/fs /fs: Permission denied I don't know if next explanation describes the same problem, but if so, I don't understand it. Who can help me! As far as I have seen there are no fixes for it in the latest patchkit. Thanks, --Piet -------------------- part of 386bsd.faq ----------------------- >> 2.23 How do I get around the NFS "Permission denied" error? >> >> The problem is not the configuration of the server (unless there is >> no real requirement to run it in "secure" mode, and you happen to >> be running it that way anyway). The problem is the fact that, >> even though mount request are sent on a priveledged port, NFS >> connections are not. This is part of secure NFS, and is not >> supported in 386BSD. >> >> There is a patch to cause NFS to use a secure port in 386BSD 0.1 >> -- unfortunately, I don't have references for it. It did appear >> as a postisting, somewhere between article 1600 and 2100 (I know, >> big help).