Hi James Please reply to me as well as the list as I only get the digest. You wrote > What is the contents of /etc/exports on 'hs8' ? at present:- #/data 172.26.0.6(rw,no_root_squash) /data hs6(rw,sync,mp,no_root_squash,sec=none) /backup 172.26.0.6(rw,sync,mp,no_root_squash) > What happens if you restart rpc.mountd on 'hs8' ? I've done this many times as I try different exports options:- [root at hs8 ~]# /etc/init.d/nfs restart Shutting down NFS mountd: [ OK ] Shutting down NFS daemon: [ OK ] Shutting down NFS quotas: [ OK ] Shutting down NFS services: [ OK ] Starting NFS services: [ OK ] Starting NFS quotas: [ OK ] Starting NFS daemon: [ OK ] Starting NFS mountd: [ OK ] [root at hs8 ~]# vi msg SeLinux is disabled. Mike Yates MBCS CITP (ISSG) IT Support Engineer Hawkgrove Ltd - Software Systems Design 2, The Business Courtyard, Marl Pits Lane, Trudoxhill, Frome, Somerset, BA11 5DL, UK +44 (0)1373 837900 fax: +44 (0)8700 518155 Registered in England: 2756481 VAT Reg: UK 601 1137 11 Registered Office: NSO Associates LLP, 75 Springfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6JB All e-mail is subject to contract and is not intended to create a legally binding agreement. Hawkgrove Ltd will only be bound by an agreement in writing signed by an authorized signatory. All outgoing email is scanned by Kerio, using ClamAV 0.95.1/10098/Tue Dec 1 03:06:27 2009 Known viruses: 660899.