df requires root access to work properly display in amd space

[justin m. clayton]

My Solaris8-sparc systems use amd for automounting NFS shares. While in
virtual amd fs space, df complains I have no permission to read the fs
table. If run as root, I get no complaint. Interestingly enough, bash's
pwd function also fails if I use the -P option. I have submitted a bashbug
regarding this as well.

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daffy [525] pwd
/g/nikola/groups/vlsi
daffy [526] pwd -P
bash: pwd: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Invalid argument
daffy [527] df .
df: Warning: cannot read table of mounted filesystems: Permission denied
Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
-                            0         0         0   -  /g
daffy [528] sudo df .
sudo: Can't get working directory!
Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
daffy:(pid183)               0         0         0   -  /g
daffy [529]

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Justin Clayton
VLSI Research System Administrator
University of Washington
Electrical Engineering Dept
address@hidden
206/543.2523  EE/CSE 307F