On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 10:19, Kim Lux wrote:
> We've got a server that we use for backups. We created a directory on
> that server called 'backup' and shared it via nfs. Users copy stuff
> that they want to backup to that drive. This all works very well.
>
> However, the hard drive became full. I added a second hard drive to the
> machine and mounted it via an entry in fstab. It mounts to
> backup/stuff. It all works fine on the server, but on the workstations
> the stuff directory appears empty. It doesn't have the files that the
> 2nd drive on the server has.
>
> ie
> - on the server, backup/stuff has files in it, the files from the
> mounted hard drive.
>
> - on the workstations, backup/stuff is empty. None of the files from
> the mounted hard drive are visible.
>
> Is there a special nfs setting to allow child mounted drives to appear
> in a shared directory on a client machine ?
I don't think so, but if you export the new filesystem too, the
clients can mount it in the same relative location.
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Les Mikesell
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