File permissions on nfs mounted directory (Woody)

[Alexis Kotte <kotte@radth.med.uu.nl>]

	Hi,

On my Woody box I mount /var/mail through nfs from a file server.
However, I can not get hold of my mail using Emacs (21.1).
When I call 

/usr/lib/emacs/21.1/i386-debian-linux-gnu/movemail -p /var/mail/kotte
 /tmp/dest

the response is

movemail: Permission denied for /var/mail/kotte


If the above command is run as root, things seem to work.
When /var/mail is NOT mounted but on a local disk, the above command
DOES work correctely.


Can anybod explain this?


Cheers,

Alexis Kotte