Microsoft KB Archive/330593

= FIX: You cannot mount Server for NFS shared folders that contain a forward slash character =

Article ID: 330593

Article Last Modified on 4/8/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Services for Unix 2.3

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This article was previously published under Q330593





SYMPTOMS
Clients cannot mount a shared folder that is exported by Server for NFS if the name of the shared folder contains a forward slash character (/).

Depending on the client software, the mount command may return the following error message:

permission denied



RESOLUTION
For additional information and a fix for this problem, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

330032 FIX: Windows applications cannot write to a file after the file is given Write access by a UNIX client



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section of this article.



Steps to reproduce the problem
 Right-click the folder that you want to export. Click the NFS Sharing tab, and then click the Share This Folder option. In the Share Name box, type a name that includes a forward slash character. For example, share the folder as my/share . Set the permissions and the other settings that you want, and then click OK. From a client computer, verify that the shared folder is exported by running the following command:

showmount -e 

The new shared folder will be listed as my/share.</li> Try to mount the shared folder.

The attempt to mount does not succeed, and you can expect to receive the &quot;permission denied&quot; error message.</li></ol>

Additional query words: share directory

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB330593

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