Hello, first, you should not set the quiet option. If the option quiet is defined, nfsd does not write error messages regarding errors in your export definition. Perhaps it would then write in your syslog the explanation, why it doesn't work. Second, you must know, that the option -alldirs can only be used, if the directory you have used as first argument is a mounted file-system. -alldirs allows clients to mount all directories behind the filesystem defined. Example: If you say: /mnt/u1 -alldirs localhost Then localhost is allowed to mount /mnt/u1, /mnt/u1/dir1, /mnt/u1/dir2 and so on. But if /mnt/u1 is not a mounted filesystem, nfsd will refuse the export. Try to omit -quiet and -alldirs and try again. Regards, MichelKohl.de Kontakt: Michel Kohl Schönblick 28 76275 Ettlingen Tel: 07243-219747 Fax: 07243-769776 Mobil: 0160-91866923 At 19:26 22.01.2006, David Raison wrote: