On Tuesday 22 October 2024 10:14:48 BST Michael wrote: > On Tuesday 22 October 2024 02:10:45 BST Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Monday 21 October 2024 09:22:37 BST Michael wrote: > > > Assuming all required directories are on the same fs, what happens if > > > you > > > *only* export the parent directory? Something like this: > > > > > > /mnt/nfs \ > > > 192.168.178.7/32(rw,sync,insecure,no_subtree_check,all_squash,anonuid=25 > > > 0, > > > an ongid=250) > > > > Actually, the converse turned out to be right. Removing the top-level > > /mnt/nfs spec from /etc/exports allowed the whole thing to spring into > > life. > > > > Go figure, as they say in the colonies. ;) > > I'm glad you 'figured' this, although puzzled by your solution. In my > experience I only needed to export one directory only as the top directory, > for each different partition.
I followed the Gentoo NFS wiki page, which says "this article demonstrates a best-practice NFSv4 deployment using a virtual root". -- Regards, Peter.