> > > > Try adding nohide as an option to /etc/exports. See exports(5) for more > > information about nohide and exporting filesystems with mount points. > > > > Most interesting. > > Looked, and applied... > > no change.. > > these are the relevant lines in the /etc/exports > > /data/shared/ 172.16.1.0/255.255.255.0(sync,rw,nohide) > /data/shared/ 172.16.4.0/255.255.255.0(sync,rw,nohide) > > (need to export to different subnets, anything else doesn't work) > > Cheers Did have another look at the nohide option after some sleep, and there is a rather special caveat... <quote> The nohide option is currently only effective on single host exports. It does not work reliably with netgroup, subnet, or wildcard exports. </quote> Not really good enough as this data needs to be exported to a whole lot of machines, i.e. two subnets.. Any other thoughts ? AM