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Date: 15 Jul 1995 14:02:00 +0100
From: bodhi@tsunami.Hanse.DE (Oliver Schmelzle)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
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Subject: Re: Can't mount readwrite via NFS from Linux-box
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> I have a Linux-box (1.2.8) exporting some directories readwrite via NFS.
> Mounting these for read and write under another Linux-system works fine.
>
> The problem arises with FreeBSD 2.0.5. If I mount the directories under
> FreeBSD I cannot write to them. A 'showmount' on the Linux-server-side
> doesn't list any mountpoints, but I can read the data on my FreeBSD-
> system. 'mount' actually shows the mounted parts.
>
> Any idea to fix this problem?

I finally found the problem. For write-access Linux-NFS expects packets  
from a reserved port. Using 'mount_nfs -P' fixed it. Now, I can read and  
write on that NFS partition.

oli.

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