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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!uhog.mit.edu!news.mtholyoke.edu!news.amherst.edu!news.umass.edu!risky.ecs.umass.edu!nam 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 Lines: 23 Message-ID: <464lq4$6h8@risky.ecs.umass.edu> References: <jshiffleDGMEJB.ME2@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: nazgul.ecs.umass.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] 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