I'm getting lost in nfs permissions. cat /etc/exports /home/system 10.10.8.1(rw,no_root_squash,sync) /opt 10.10.8.1(rw,no_root_squash,sync) cat /etc/hosts.allow ALL:10.10.8.1 /var/log/messages: mediaserver rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from amd64-3000:769 for /opt (/opt) But the client gets: Mount: mediaserver:/opt failed, reason given by server: Permission denied ??? sean