>Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 21:45:14 -0700
>From: Ian Harding <iharding@pakrat.com>
>
>Thanks!  Now, when trying to mount from the Linux box (NetBSD VAX is the
>server...) I get Permission denied.  I have in /etc/exports:
>
>/dev/rst0 -maproot=root 192.168.100.1
>
>I thought this meant that host 192.168.100.1 could mount /dev/rst0 and
>would have root uid.  Is this not right?

/dev/rst0 is a tape device.  You can't NFS export a tape device (or
any device, for that matter -- you can only export a locally mounted
filesystem).

If you're trying to remotely use a tape, see the NetBSD man pages for
rdump, rrestore, and rmt.

Cheers,
entropy

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