vinuya@einstein.eds.com (Aristotle Vinuya) (06/28/91)
Problem: A user would like to have an Apollo filesystem mounted onto a Sun filesystem so that transparent operation is possible (i.e., ASCII type files can be copied, browsed, and so forth as if the Apollo was another remote Sun workstation). For this case, we have available an Apollo 4500 and a Sun 4/60 running DomainOS 10.3 and SunOS 4.1.1, respectively. The Apollo is running its portmap, mountd, and nfsd daemons. The Sun can perform ping's, rlogin's, and ftp's (in general, the usual remote actions) on the Apollo. We have attempted mounting a directory on the Apollo to a directory on the Sun using one each of three methods: 1) Put the Apollo in the Sun's /etc/auto.direct file and run the automount on the Sun. 2) Put the Apollo in the Sun's /etc/fstab and reboot the Sun. 3) Use the mount command to mount the Apollo directly. In all three cases, the Sun has failed to mount the Apollo. The results were either that the Sun kept retrying the mount until the process was stopped or that the Sun returned with an "access denied" message. Solution: We would like to enlist the aid of anyone who reads this newsgroup to answer the following question, "Has any attempt to do this been successful?" If the answer is no, then we can only assume that the operation is--at best--a difficult proposition and is not worth further pursuit. If the answer is yes, would that Apollo/ Sun expert kindly share his or her successful procedure. Any reply would be appreciated. Aristotle Vinuya Phone Number: 313-265-7069 Electronic Data Systems Corporation ARPA: vinuya@einstein.eds.com 750 Tower Drive UUCP: ...uunet!edsews!einstein!vinuya Troy, Michigan 48007-7019 June 14, 1991