Robert Dobbs writes:
[ ... ]
> atrium 70% ls -al
> ls: ..: Permission denied
[ ... ]
Check the permissions of the underlying mount point, i.e. /usr/local
before you do the 'mount /dev/wd0g /usr/local' stuff.   The kernel
uses the permissions from that inode when it's granting/denying access
to the '..' entry from the mounted partition.

					-jarle
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