Re: [gentoo-user] NFS mounting

[Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>]

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.