[ale] NFS to Samba

[Jacob Langseth]

} box.  The NFS mount works in that the second Linux box can
} see files and everything native to the first Linux box, but
} it can't see any files mounted on the first Linux box that
} have been mounted with smbmount.  All the permissions are
} world readable and executable.
} 
} What am I doing wrong?

[Excerpt from Olaf Kirch <okir at monad.swb.de>]

The reason is that nfsd refuses to access file systems which reside on a
device with major number 0. This is mainly aimed at denying transitive
access to FSs mounted from other remote hosts. However, as a virtual FS,
procfs also uses a major number of 0.  This feature can be disabled when
you specify the --re-export or -r flag, however. 

So, don't use --re-export, or, if you insist on doing so, e.g. because you
wish to distribute a Novell FS to other UNIX clients, do yourself a favor
and don't export your root fs (a bad habit anyway). 

-- 
Jacob Langseth  <langseth at cc.gatech.edu>