I have just tried to use NFS to mount directories on one of my Debian boxes so I can transfer things from it to another.
I set /etc/exports on the first machine to show a (ro) permission on / for the second machine. I tried that with and without no_root_squash. I killed and restarted rcp.mountd between each change in /etc/exports. On the second machine I ran mount machine1:/ /nfs with and without options intr and different "block" sizes. Whatever I do the mount stays there as a foreground task but nothing appears to ls in /nfs. showmount on the first machine shows the mount each time. I'm doing something wrong clearly but there's nothing diagnostic I can see telling me what I need to change. Anyone spot the obvious?! TIA, Chris Chris Evans, R&D Consultant, Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust
