[ILUG] NFS help, please - exporting and mounting /home

[Cormac McClean]

Paul Jakma wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Cormac McClean wrote:
> 
> > However, when I look at /home/cormac, it reports
> > that the directory is empty:
> >       ls -l /nfs_test/cormac (i.e. /home/cormac)
> >       total 0
> >
> 
> is the directory cormac a mountpoint on the server? if so you won't see
> it.
> 
> linux nfs server won't cross mountpoints, you would need a seperate
> export.
> 

No, /home is a mount point, but cormac is not (as I understand
mount points, at least). Running mount on the server:
	/dev/hda3 on / type ext2 (rw)
	proc on /proc type proc (rw)
	/dev/hdb1 on /usr type ext2 (rw)
	/dev/hda2 on /home type ext2 (rw)
	devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=0620)

and exporting /home as
	/home (rw,no_root_squash)

What about the link_absolute and link_relative options? Do
these have any bearing?

Regards,
Cormac.