From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 10 13:37:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA06152 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 10 Nov 1996 13:37:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from obie.softweyr.com (slc99.modem.xmission.com [204.228.136.99]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA06129 for ; Sun, 10 Nov 1996 13:37:46 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id OAA00485; Sun, 10 Nov 1996 14:36:47 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 14:36:47 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199611102136.OAA00485@obie.softweyr.com> From: Wes Peters To: Peter deFriesse CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS mount < FreeBSD > PC w/ Sun PCNFS In-Reply-To: <117700835@toto.iv> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Peter deFriesse writes: > I am attempting to mount filesystems from FreeBSD on a PC running > Sun's PCNFS client. > > Mount is possible if I do a "NET NAME USERNAME *" (where USERNAME > is a valid username on the FreeBSD host) and enter the password when > prompted. However, if I allow the PC to default to "nobody" the > mount fails. > > [...] > > I would be most grateful if someone would point me to the right > document... You probably don't have a user "nobody" on your server. Find out where the PC-NFS client puts its error messages and look there, or look at the syslog on your server system for failed connect messages from mountd. In general, if the mount works for one username and not for another, the problem is with the username and not the general configuration. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com