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- From: rhoward@matd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
- Subject: Re: PC-NFS & NIS
- Message-ID: <rhoward.715279867@matd>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 16:51:07 GMT
- References: <1992Aug27.103457.5374@bernina.ethz.ch> <1992Aug31.070610.21142@bernina.ethz.ch>
- Sender: news@prism.gatech.EDU
- Organization: Georgia Tech Research Institute
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- hanke@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch (Norbert Hanke) writes:
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- >On quirk remains, however: trying to NET USE $NISSERVER:$HOME fails with
- >the message
- > NFS057F : $HOME may only be used if the network information service is up.
-
- Actually I think you can do a simple:
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- NET USE $HOME (leaving off the $NISSERVER)
-
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- >Doing a NET NAME >NUL before NET USE makes also this problem disappear.
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- Yes, I ran across this problem too. I reported it to Sun a L*O*N*G
- time ago.....
-
- Robert
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