permissions are 777 and uid and gid are correct. Local directories of the
Linux box can be exported without a problem. It's JUST the directories
mounted with NCPFS and then re-exported via NFS. On Sparcstations where they
are mounted I can create files with vi and other tools, delete files, etc.
The ONLY problem I have found is that I can't create a non-empty file by
using redirection. Strange . . .
I doubt it's an NFS problem because local directories with similar permissions
gid and uid work fine.
thayne_harbaugh@lardav.com
On Wed, 20 Mar 1996, Thayne Harbaugh wrote:
> 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?
Check the uid's, check the permissions, etc. It sometimes happens,
that
x >y
works locally, and not via NFS, because NFS is stateless :((((