ncpfs and nfs

Thayne Harbaugh (thayne@lardav.com)
Wed, 20 Mar 96 18:42:14 MST

I'm using ncpfs-0.17 to mount NetWare volumes to Linux and then re-export
them under nfs to sparcstations. Users on the sparcstations seem to be able
to create files and manipulate them normaly. However, if the file doesn't
already exist AND have data in it then redirection will only create the file.

ls >junk

creates an empty file called junk without the directory listing.

if junk1 is a file with data and junk2 is a file with data then

cat junk1>>junk2

concatenates junk1 on the end of junk2

if junk1 is a file with data and junk3 is an empty file then

cat junk1>>junk3

doesn't concatenate junk1 on the end of junk3

The local system administrator says that there is something "broken" with
redirection in the kernel of linux. Is there maybe a problem with the ncpfs
portion of the kernel or both. The problems are NOT present on the linux
machine that mounted the NetWare volume - just the machines that have mounted
the re-exported directories vie NFS. Any ideas?

thayne_harbaugh@lardav.com