This is probably second nature to most of you but I am now playing with multiple linux boxes and have started to use NFS. if I am logged on to one system as root and I mount a different system, i.e. mount -t nfs barney:/home /home/barney and then cd to /home/barney I see all of the folders in barney:/home but most of them report 0 items when I cd into a folder and ls. I presume that the problem has to do with the fact that I am root on my host machine but not really root on the remote machine. How can I mount exported systems as though I am root? Craig ----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----| - Craig White - PO Box 8634 - Scottsdale, Arizona - 85252 - e-mail address ................ - CraigWhite@AzApple.com - world wide web address ........ - http://www.AzApple.com - e-mail my pager address ....... - 6023779752@airtouch.net - cellular phone ................ - (602) 377-9752 - voice/facsimile ............... - (480) 945-8445 ----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|----:----|