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From: nam@risky.ecs.umass.edu (Joonwoo Nam)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.0.5 -> NFS -> Linux: some files inaccessable
Date: 19 Oct 1995 04:56:36 GMT
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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John Shifflett (jshiffle@netcom.com) wrote:
: When I mount 2.0.5 partitions on a Linux machine (using NFS), files
: and directories owned by root are not readable. Since my DAT drive is
: on the Linux computer, I need _everything_ available through NFS so I
: can make tape backups. (Yes, I'm mounting and attempting to read as
: root). Is there something special I need to do to get this happening?
: (Other _Linux_ computers mounted via NFS don't have this limitation.)

:    Many thanks for any help....
:    John Shifflett jshiffle@netcom.com

If your cencern is backup, you can try Linux dump-0.2e available
at tsx-11.mit.edu. It works quite well including rdump/rrestore.
I am now even backing up FreeBSD partitions to tape unit hooked up
to Linux box ;^)

Joonwoo

--
Joonwoo Nam
MAGNUMS(MAssachusetts Group for NUMerical analysis of Semiconductors)
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UMASS at Amherst
e-mail:nam@nazgul.ecs.umass.edu / work:413-545-4762 / fax:413-545-4611