Examples

• When the minidisk is protected by link passwords, enter the minidisk's read-write password at the prompt. (If the ro parameter is used, use the read-only password.)
  • To work with text files that can be used from both CMS and OS/2:
    MOUNT -v m: hostname:jake.191,rw,lines=nl,trans=yes,nlvalue=0D0A

  • To use a minidisk as a repository for binary files:
    MOUNT -v n: hostname:jake.191,rw,lines=none,trans=no

• When the disk is protected by an External Security Manager (ESM) such as RACF/VM, and PCNFSD is available on your NFS server, enter the logon password for the VM user ID specified on -l at the prompt.
  • To work with text files that can be used from both CMS and OS/2
    MOUNT -lvmuserid m: hostname:jake.191,rw,lines=nl,trans=yes,nlvalue=0D0A

  • To use a minidisk as a repository for binary files:
    MOUNT -lvmuserid n: hostname:jake.191,rw,lines=none,trans=no

• When the disk is protected by an External Security Manager (ESM) such as RACF/VM, and PCNFSD is not available on your NFS server, enter the logon password for the VM user ID specified on userid= at the prompt.
  • To work with text files that can be used from both CMS and OS/2
    MOUNT -v m: hostname:jake.191,rw,lines=nl,trans=yes,nlvalue=0D0A,userid=elwood

  • To use a minidisk as a repository for binary files:
    MOUNT -v n: hostname:jake.191,rw,lines=none,trans=no,userid=elwood

Hints and Tips

• Starting in TCP/IP level 320 for VM/ESA Version 2, Release 4.0, your NFS administrator can configure the VM NFS server so that no anonymous mounts are allowed, even for minidisks protected by passwords. In this case, identify yourself by specifying userid= and password= on the mount string (where password= is userid's logon password), and specify the minidisk link password using mdiskpw=.

• See MOUNT command, MOUNTPW command, and UMOUNT command, for complete syntax descriptions. Still having trouble? Try Diagnosing Mount Problems.

  The MOUNT command syntax shows how passwords and user IDs can be entered as part of the command string.

• You can use any LOGON BY privileges defined for your VM user ID. See the userid= and by= parameters on the MOUNT command for more information.

• If you want EBCDIC-ASCII translation and bytestream-to-record translation to be done based on the value of the file extension, use the lines=ext and trans=ext parameters.

• When a minidisk is mounted, the VM NFS server machine LINKs to the target minidisk. If the minidisk is linked by other VM user IDs, the NFS server must sometimes be told to refresh or detach the disk. Use the SMSG command to refresh or detach a link to a CMS minidisk.

• Be careful about submitting too many MOUNT requests with an invalid password. The VM system may disable a user ID if too many attempts are made to verify a userid/password combination.

• The lines, trans, and nlvalue parameters are supported only on NFS servers running at least TCP/IP level 310 for VM/ESA Version 2 Release 3.

Please write to Mary Ellen Carollo, maryelln@us.ibm.com, if you have comments on these instructions.

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