NFS, why I can not list the contents?!

[Victor_5]

I met a very strange problem.

Background:
I set up a NFS through SAM a couple of monthes ago, the file system located in NT server, which name is mis_server, the directory on NT is /E/NFS, here is the bdf said:
mis_server:/E/NFS 26627708 3195264 23432444 12% /usr/NFS

The original problem is:
When I try to change some files permission, it failed.
For example:
chmod 777 filename
chmod: can't change filename: Not owner

I knew the reason why I can not do it is that the UNIX box only is a client in this case, so I did the following step:
1. umount /usr/NFS
2. exportfs -va
3. in /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf
changed "PCNFS_SERVER=0" to "1"
4. /sbin/init.d/nfs.client stop
5. /sbin/init.d/nfs.server stop
6. /sbin/init.d/nfs.client start
7. /sbin/init.d/nfs.server start

After that, I can see /usr/NFS through bdf or mount -v, however, one more question happened.

I can not list the contents of /usr/NFS

cd /usr/NFS
ll
It says "Total 0"

However, if I go to the sub-directory, it is OK although I still can not change the permission. For example:
cd /usr/NFS/flash
ll
It says:
total 110
----rwxrwx 1 nobody 4294967295 81 Jul 12 14:24 cgflash.txt
----rwxrwx 1 nobody 4294967295 90015 Jul 12 14:24 fsdet.txt
...

I really confused, anybody has clue?

[John Bolene]

Do you have 777 on the directory?
Users have to be able to read, write, and execute to list and modify files.

[Satish Y]

It seems you need to provide read/write(rw) permissions to client. for that edit ur /etc/exports file and change access permission to either rw or root(be careful for this permission as client can do anything on this directory).

Hope this solves your problem

Cheers...
Satish.

[Satish Y]

Sorry, I forgot to mention,
u need to run exportfs -a on server and stop/start NFS server and client.

Cheers...
Satish.