From: Steve Dickson <SteveD@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH nfs-utils] Give useful error if mount.nfs not installed
 setuid.
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 05:21:00 -0400
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Neil Brown wrote:
> If mount.nfs is not installed setuid, an attempt to perform a "user"
> or "users" mount will fail with a fairly obscure error message,
> typically about getting "permission denied" from the server.
> 
> This patch gives a more helpful message in that case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Committed... thanks...

steved.