On Mon, 4 Jan 2010, Tom H wrote: > >> On the client side just install and run autofs. Then, from any client > >> cd /net/lion/pub > > >> and you're there. No need for cryptic mount commands in /etc/fstab > >> (although, of course, you can go that way too, if you want). The > >> automounter will do the work for you, on demand. > > > Well, slap my momma on the a$$!! That works, but /net/lion/pub isn't quite > > where I'd wanted the mount to appear. > > > If I put the following line in /etc/fstab: > > lion:/pub /lion nfs4 rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr 0 0 > > > I wonder why I can't manually mount the nfs-exported directory in /lion, > > which is owned by root:root and permissions 755? > > Even though you are not using the "fsid=0" option for your > lion:/pub /lion nfs4 rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr 0 0 > export, you might need to use > mount -t nfs4 lion:/ /lion > rather than > mount -t nfs4 lion:/pub /lion > (as in your first post) in order to mount the lion export because of > nfsv4's pseudo-root feature. are you referring to NFSv4's subtree check feature? rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Linux Consulting, Training and Kernel Pedantry. Web page: http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday ======================================================================== -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines