Re: mounting /var/spool/mail
On 25-Oct-97 Jason Killen wrote:
> Ok sorry for my non-well formed question.
>
> /etc/exports line looks like this (names and faces have been changed)
>
> / 242.21.5.133 (rw,root_squash,map_daemon)
>
> In this example I have exported the root directory of the server to the
> machine
> with the given ip, thats right...right.
>
> On the client I say
> mount 242.21.5.133:/ /mntpnt
> when I cd to /mntpnt/var/spool/mail and say ls the directory is empty.
> On
> the server /var/spool/mail is full of files.
Tine to shine the bright lights in the eyes and start asking nasty
questions to your system:
For instance, after you have done "mount 242.21.5.133:/ /mntpnt",
what do you get from "ls /mntpnt"? "ls /mntpnt/var"? "ls /mntpnt/var/spool"?
The same questions if you DON'T mount 242.21.5.133:/ ? Do you by any chance
have a directory /mntpnt/var/spool/mail on the local machine which happens
to be empty? Check (using the unadorned command "mount") that you DON'T
have the remote root directory mounted before doing this test.
I notice that the "mount" command you cite does not include any options.
Normally, at the very least you would say
mount -t nfs 242.21.5.133:/ /mntpnt
unless you have an entry for /mntpnt in /etc/fstab which says that the
default filesystem type for mounting to /mntpnt is "nfs".
The behaviour you describe is consistent with (a) failure to mount
242.21.5.133:/ to /mntpnt with the "mount 242.21.5.133:/ /mntpnt" command,
together with (b) having a local directory /mntpnt/var/spool/mail which is
empty.
Good luck,
Ted.
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E-Mail: Ted Harding <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk>
Date: 25-Oct-97 Time: 10:29:12
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