NFS mount

[Linda Lux]

I have upgraded to 11.0.
I mount a NT server running a FaxSr software
with this command:
mount -o soft fax:/FaxSr /fax &

when I try to move a test file from HP to an
a folder called /fax/filescan this is the command and the results:

mv linda* /fax/filescan

mv: /fax/filescan/lindaTKf7_001.txt-23920.txt: cannot close: Permission denied

if I do an ll on /fax/filescan it looks like this:
---------- 1 linda InfoSys 0 Sep 19 11:10 lindaTKf7_001.txt-2392
0.txt

No data is transferred and the permissions are all ------------

Any ideas?
Linda

[Patrick Wallek]

First, when you do a mount you don't need to put the & after it to put it in the background.

What does 'll /fax' show? What are the permissions on the dir?

[Linda Lux]

it is:

drwxrwxrwx 1 linda InfoSys 1024 Sep 19 06:28 fax

[Umapathy S]

Linda,
Are you running this as root? Can you mv the file as root?
Apart from moving the files, can you touch a empty file inside that dir?
HTH,
Umapathy

[Pete Randall]

Linda,

Doesn't the folder have to be exported with the proper permissions on the NT server side? Have you checked there? Is the hostname right on the export. Do the user id's map correctly on both sides?


Pete

[Linda Lux]

I get the message whether I am linda or root

On the NT side, everytime I ask my net admins about exporting the file systems on the server - they go HUH?

So if I can find out how to do it - I will - since I am not a net admin, I need some help
Linda

[Linda Lux]

I can do a touch /fax/filescan/test and it looks like this:
-rw-rw-rw- 1 linda InfoSys 0 Sep 19 11:51 test

Linda

[Pete Randall]

Linda,

Let me ask you this, then - did this work prior to the upgrade? If so, what changed during the upgrade that may have affected this (i.e. hostname, uid - the sort of thing on which permission might be based)?


Pete

[Linda Lux]

I upgraded from 10.20 to 11.0 on the OS.

Linda

[Steven E. Protter]

I know this is a painful option.

NT doesn't have NFS support built in. Your NT admins obviously don't know how to support whatever product you added to handle this.

Wouldn't it be easier to just use Samba/CIFS, which can connect and work with any Windoze Share?

Here are the links.
Client:
http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8724AA
Server:
http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=B8725AA

A really easy config doc:
http://docs.hp.com/cgi-bin/fsearch/framedisplay?top=/hpux/onlinedocs/B8723-90003/B8723-90003_top.html&con=/hpux/onlinedocs/B8723-90003/00/00/8-con.html&toc=/hpux/onlinedocs/B8723-90003/00/00/8-toc.html&searchterms=configuration%7cCIFS/9000&queryid=20030919-105839

Literally this is a install, one one script type deal and you don't have to deal with any issues on the NT side other than setting up an account for the HP machine.

SEP

[Pete Randall]

Linda,

According to "Windows in a Nutshell", the "server" menu under the "control panel" has a "replication" section, under which there is an "export" sub-menu. One of the items listed in that sub-menu is "To List". That, I think, is where the hosts that are allowed to access this folder would be listed.

Warning: I can barely spell NT so take anything I've said with a grain of salt, please!


Pete

[Linda Lux]

Maybe I should explain the process:

I have an application runnning on the HP side, from which the user can run a text report to a /tmp/faxout area. From there, a script moves it to the mounted NT server folder(filescan) which then signals the server to run the fax software to fax the data for the user. It is just a convenience, saves the user about 3 additional steps.

[Linda Lux]

I should also explain, the directory of /tmp/faxout is on an xvfs type file system, now.
On 10.20 it was hfs type

Linda