From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 31 08:03:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA06264 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 08:03:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA06249 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 08:02:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id IAA20936; Fri, 31 Jul 1998 08:01:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 08:01:58 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199807311501.IAA20936@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, svrmsn@email.msn.com Subject: Re: Automount Fails with Permission denied In-Reply-To: <000101bdbc1a$e4cf3bc0$38882599@win95> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >From: "Salvatore Riccio" >Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 20:33:50 -0400 >I enabled the amd daemon in my rc.conf file. I entered the directory that I >wanted to >mount (/home) with the associated nis map (amd.home). I verified that the >amd daemon was running. I also verified that I can access the map by issuing >the command, >ypcat amd.home OK; "ypcat -k amd.home" is likely to be slightly more useful. >When I try to login I get permission denied. I then logged in as root and >tryed to change directory which also gave me the same error, permission >denied. At this point, I encourage you to make use of the "amq" command. It can display a lot of information about what amd is doing & why. >Does any one have any suggestions ? Results from "ls -al" against certain directories (including any error messages that may result) my well be useful. I suggest you explore the above, and if you still have problems, re-post... but you might try including some of the output (sanitized to the degree that you think is appropriate) in the post, so those of us a bit more removed from the problem aren't flying quite so blind. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message