Re: Can't mount NFS export

[Paul Howarth <paul city-fan org>]

A. Lanza wrote:
> Thanks Paul, i tried that and got it running now.
>
> What's the purpose of exportfs? Should i issue that command whenever i
> change exports in /etc/exports? I think that was the problem before...

exportfs updates the server's list of exported filesystems; the NFS server 
doesn't read the /etc/exports file directly. You should re-run exportfs after 
changing /etc/exports. It should get run automatically on booting if the NFS 
server is set to start on boot.

Paul.