Got a linux box that has a nfs share - say its at 192.168.1.10 and the share under /etc/exports is

/some_nfs_share 192.168.1.0/24(rw,no_root_squash)

No problem right?  On another linux box within the 192 subnet, the following works quite nicely.  Assume folders exist.

mount.nfs -rw 192.168.1.10:/some_nfs_share /myfiles

No sweat, mounts right up and I get read-write so I know I did it correctly and ready for the Win2k8.  Hop over, install the unix file share stuff (NFS, SMB) and do this ...

mount -o fileaccess=777 nolock casesensitive=yes -u:root -p:* \\192.168.1.10\some_nfs_share  *

I can read files ...sort of and I can't write anything.  In the windows application logs, I get Event ID: 16397, Source: NfsClnt with this crap

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