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From: mehldau@photogrammetrie.de (Gerhard Mehldau)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Problem w/ [pc]nfsd re. MS Word, Windows95
Date: 3 Dec 1996 13:24:32 GMT
Organization: Photogrammetrie GmbH
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Hello world,
we are having problems with a FreeBSD 2.1.0 [PC]NFS server
w.r.t. Microsoft Word 6.0 and/or Windows95. We are using
FTP Software's OnNet client software.
The problem occurs, for example, when the users on their
PCs are trying to set their default directory in Word.
Word refuses to let them do it and gives them an "illegal
directory" message. "Regular" access to the mounted
directories (e.g., saving Word documents) works fine.
This function works correctly if the NFS server is any other
type of UNIX workstation (Sun, SGI, HP) or a Novell server.
An other place where the (same?) problem shows up is when
under Windows95 the OnNet software lists the exported
directories from all of our servers. Again, all the NFS-
exported directories from our workstations show up, but
not the ones from the FreeBSD machine.
Accessing the FreeBSD-exported directories from the other
UNIX workstations works without problems.
Any ideas?
Gerhard
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Gerhard Mehldau http://www.photogrammetrie.de
Photogrammetrie GmbH mailto:mehldau@photogrammetrie.de
Anzinger Str. 5 phone: +49 (89) 43 69 2-1 64
81671 Munich, Germany fax: +49 (89) 43 69 2-1 00