Subject: Re: bash script execute permissions over NFS
From: [email-masked] (Bug Hunter)

27 Apr 1998 13:12:03 -0700
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To: Fergus Henderson <[email-masked]>
Cc: Erik Butterworth <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]

> n 24-Apr-1998, Erik Butterworth <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >   I'm running GNU Win-32 Beta 19.1 and Hummingbird's NFS client to connect
> > to a Sun Solaris NFS server.  /bin/sh scripts on the server have execute
> > permission according to Solaris and according to NT's file Properties
> > popup.  However, the ls command under bash shows the script (e.g. 'zork')
> > with no execute permission and bash says it can't execute it (file not
> > found).
>

    I've used hummingbird's nfs client and server also.  They have problems with file
handles, and eventually run out of file handles (at least for the server) after a few hours
of operations if a lot of files are opened and closed.  Beware.

bug

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