NFS Problem

[Dan DeLong]

I am attempting to mount an NFS filesystem from SUSE linux to Tru64(5.1b3). I can successfully mount the tru64 filesystem but cannot, for the life of me, get it to be anything other than read only. When I run the mount command on my linux box it shows that the mount is read/write but when I try to write to it the message reads: cannot write "read only filesystem"

I can, however, mount this same filesystem from other tru64 unix servers just fine.

Any help is appreciated.

[Al Licause]

What version of Suse ?

What command are you using on the Suse system to do the mount ?

Does it result in any errors ?

Can you please list the following from the Tru64unix server:

contents or specific line in /etc/exports for this directory

ls -l output for that directory and any above it

[Dan DeLong]

I have found my problem. I was trying to mount to a directory that was actually a symbolic link to another directory (on the tru64 box). Although I could mount it and see the files, it would not let me write to that directory.

If I NFS mount to the real directory(not the symbolic link) everything works like I expect it to.

What I can't yet explain is why my other tru64 boxes didn't complain when I NFS mount that same symbolicly linked directory and allow me to read and write. If you can think of why, I'd be interested. For now, though, problem solved.

Thanks.