Thanks Mike, Mike Chambers wrote: > Check your /etc/exports file to see if it was added. Yes it is added. > Not sure on the above fstab line, especially the end. Why? Could the problem be here. I tried to add "//" before the ipaddress , it made things worse :-( > Do you have the proper services running on the machines? > Then try remounting. Yes Sir. No error messages were displayed expect while restarting netfs (not even with autofs). Same message: 'mount to NFS server "192.168.1.xx" failed: Server down' Could this be firewall/selinux problem. But I find permissions granted in desktop>systemsettings>securitylevel Regards, Rajesh -- G Rajesh, BSc,FCA,DISA(ICA), 'Lakshmi Nilayam' #115, Malligai Street, Ram Nagar, Dindigul, Tamilnadu 624005. Phone: (451)2424104
