Can't mount folder on F drive using SFU (Services for Unix) 3.5

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by "a network drive".  All of these drives are part of this Win2000 server.  When I look at "My Computer" on this server, it shows the following "types":

A: is floppy disk
C: is local disk
D: is CD drive
E: is local disk
F: is local disk

I am not sure but I think C, E, F are separate physical drives (rather than partitions on a single drive).

P.S. When I installed SFU, the "NFS Sharing" tab appeared on all the folders on all the drives (C, E, F) so SFU seems to think the folders on the F drive should be shareable.

Update:

Today I tried mounting from a Solaris 2.6 machine.  Same problem, but on this machine the error is "invalid argument"

Ok...they're all local drives.

Hmm..I wonder if there's a config file for a lastdrive option?

I'll have to look into the docs.

Let's go through this.

You created a group on the NFS server?  In this group are your *nix boxes?

You made at least one name mapping from *nix to Windows?

These are some of the things to look at.

Still digging.

Nope, no group on NFS server for my *nix boxes -- but don't need it for my mount on C drive!  I do have some name mapping in place.

I just realized I could try sharing the folder on Windows via command-line instead of Windows interface.

Help screen says to do:

nfsshare [-o option=value...] sharename=drive:path

which certainly seems to indicate different drives are shareable.  (Options are all about permissions, nothing about drives.)

Tried this:
nfsshare dave=F:\dave

Windows says "dave shared successfully" and it's viewable in showmount, same as before....

but mount command on Solaris box still says invalid argument.

Backed out of this share and tried this:
nfsshare davy=F:\

Windows says "davy shared successfully", but mount command on Solaris box still says invalid argument.

Now that I've seen SFU's syntax for sharing a path with a different drive (which doesn't work for me), I'm starting to think it's either buggy, or my *nix systems are too out-of-date (or at least that's what Microsoft will say).  Very frustrating!

Next thing I'm getting ready to try is uninstalling SFU from C drive and reinstalling on F drive.  But not very hopeful.

Sadly, uninstalling then reinstalling SFU in folder on F drive didn't help.

Also tried uninstalling SFU 3.5 and then installing 3.0 (in case Microsoft "broke" something on the newer release).  Same problem.

FYI, I've posted this same issue on the Microsoft SFU newsgroup at:

http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?NewsGroup=microsoft.public.servicesforunix.general&SLCID=US&ICP=GSS3&sd=GN&id=fh;en-us;newsgroups

The subject is "Unable to mount folder on Windows F drive (but C drive is OK)"
and the date is "Mar 5 2004 3:06PM"
and the poster (me) is BigDavy.

We'll see what Microsoft has to say.  If they tell me the answer I'll post it here.

Newest development is that I loaded Client for NFS (part of SFU) and tried to map my own shares on the Win2000 server.   C drive worked fine, but E and F drives bombed.  So problem is *not* my down-level Unix boxes.  (Score 1 for the home team.)

I also tried turning off Windows networking and Mac sharing, still no luck.

What a lousy response you got...from an MS rep too.

I am going to copy your problem up to the MVP site - is that OK?

Fine with me to copy it to MVP site... Thanks!

I'm really thinking this is a bug.  Hoping MS can confirm and produce a hot-fix in the next few days, but I'm probably dreaming.....

FYI, MS site asked me to try the following manual steps, which didn't help:

Posted by "Jijo Jose [Msft]" <jijoj(at)online(dot)microsoft(dot)com>:
>Assuming you have not configured mapping - can you pls try this (from a
>recent post on this newsgroup - substitute E:\ or F:\ for C:\)
>1. mkdir C:\xyz
>2. cacls C:\xyz /g Everyone:F /t /g
>3. nfsshare xyz=C:\xyz -o anon=yes rw root
>4. Enable anon access sec policy ( look in the NFS server troubleshooting
>section for details)
>5. Restart "Server for NFS"
>6. Mount from unix

My response to Microsoft:

I just tried this; I get the same errors on the Unix side and still can't mount it.

Note: in these instructions, I had to omit the "/g" at the end of the line in step 2, because "/g" needs to be followed by a value, and we already have "/g Everyone:F" in the line.  When I also had "/g" at the end of the line, it spit out the usage (help) information and didn't accept the command.

Also: I wasn't able to change the anon access security policy, because the Troubleshooting screen refers to WinXP and Win2003; my machine is Windows 2000 and it doesn't have the anonymous access security policy described in the Troubleshooting screen.

Thanks--
Dave

Windows 2000 does have an Anonymous setting.

It's here:

Computer Configuration>Windows Settings>Security Settings>Local Policies>Security Options:Additional Restrictions for Anonymous Connections

Setting should be - None. Rely on Default permissions.

Going to post in MVP now.

(Netman66, where is the MVP site?)

Update: In the newsgroup, Microsoft asked me for the output of some commands, and this was my response:

"nfsshare xyz"

   Alias = xyz
   Path = F:\xyz
   Encoding = ansi
   ANONYMOUS access allowed
   Anonymous UID = -2
   Anonymous GID = -2

   HOST ACCESS :
      ALL MACHINES            read-write     Root Access
Allowed      ansi    



"cacls F:\xyz"

F:\xyz Everyone:(OI)(CI)F


"showmount -e"

Exports list on XXXFS03:
/xyz                               All Machines
/cod                               All Machines
/cnews                             All Machines
/cads                              All Machines
/cow                               All Machines
/egg                               All Machines

- - - - - - -

Then Microsoft's newsgroup person said everything looked right and I would have to contact Tech Support for more help.

Unfortunately, you must be an MVP to have access.

I will check there right now to see if anyone has responded.

Back in a second.

No responses....how disappointing.

Perhaps a call to PSS would be in order - sounds like a bug to me.

Can you map 2 shares on the same physical disk?

I've filed a report with MS Online Support.  Will cost me $99 if it's something I'm doing wrong, supposedly refundable if it IS a bug.  Opted for this cheaper approach, rather than the phone call which would cost $245!  (I'm eager for a solution but not willing to risk an extra $146 for extra speed.)

Yes, I can share (and mount) multiple folders on the C: drive, and can share multiple folders on the F: drive.  Only limitation is that SFU won't let you mount a folder and a subdirectory, i.e. you can't share both F:\frog and F:\frog\tadpole.

I'll be sure to post the outcome when I hear from MS.  Stay tuned...

Hi,

Last week Microsoft Technical Support found the problem: my "SYSTEM" user didn't have full-control permission on the E: and F: drives.  Once we added this permission, I was able to mount the folders on the E: and F: drives.  Happy ending!

Dave