On Tue, 20 May 1997 13:46:01 (-0500) 
 Mister Gandalf <mgandalf@Mentasm.com> wrote:

 > NFS server is the one with the new kernel and the rest have 1.2.1 instal=
 > led.
 > Prior to this kernel upgrade (using 1.2B before), NFS mounts worked grea=
 > t. Now
 > when I mount a directory mount returns no error and yet when I do a "df"=
 >  that
 > mount doesn't show up and an "ls" in that dir returns "Permission denied=
 > ". I

The NFS server now requires a privileged port for _all_ transactions,
not just mounts.  It appears as if your mounts are using the privileged
port, already.  As a work-around until you update the clients, you may
use the -noresport option in /etc/exports.

Jason R. Thorpe                                       thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
NASA Ames Research Center                               Home: 408.866.1912
NAS: M/S 258-6                                          Work: 415.604.0935
Moffett Field, CA 94035                                Pager: 415.428.6939