https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/can-t-view-the-file-list-from-mount-path/m-p/3064295#M6511 I might misunderstand you here.<BR /><BR />How did you view the file contents without being able to see the files? did you just know the names of them?<BR /><BR />If so, I would guess you don't have read permission on the directory edp. Possibly because the user id on hostA is different than on hostB whihc would make who has read access different on HostB. Fri, 05 Sep 2003 12:13:58 GMT Mark Grant 2003-09-05T12:13:58Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/can-t-view-the-file-list-from-mount-path/m-p/3064294#M6510 I export the path from hostA , the file /etc/exports is <BR />"/tmp/edp hostB(rw,sync)"<BR /><BR />, now the hostB is successfully mount to hostA,<BR />however, the hostB can read the file content of all files under /tmp/edp , but can't view the file list by the command "ll or ls" , can suggest what is the problem in my system ? thx.<BR /> Fri, 05 Sep 2003 08:30:43 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/can-t-view-the-file-list-from-mount-path/m-p/3064294#M6510 juno2 2003-09-05T08:30:43Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/can-t-view-the-file-list-from-mount-path/m-p/3064295#M6511 I might misunderstand you here.<BR /><BR />How did you view the file contents without being able to see the files? did you just know the names of them?<BR /><BR />If so, I would guess you don't have read permission on the directory edp. Possibly because the user id on hostA is different than on hostB whihc would make who has read access different on HostB. Fri, 05 Sep 2003 12:13:58 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/can-t-view-the-file-list-from-mount-path/m-p/3064295#M6511 Mark Grant 2003-09-05T12:13:58Z