I've installed nfs-kernel-server nfs-kernel-server-1.1.3-21.1.x86_64 on 11.2. It's enabled chkconfig --list | grep nfs nfs 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off nfsserver 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off and configured as, cat /etc/sysconfig/nfs NFS_START_SERVICES="yes" USE_KERNEL_NFSD_NUMBER="3" NFS4_SUPPORT="no" MOUNTD_PORT="" REEXPORT_NFS="no" NFS_SECURITY_GSS="no" SM_NOTIFY_OPTIONS="" cat /etc/exports /usr/local/exports 192.168.1.7(ro,no_root_squash,sync,subtree_check) Everything works fine when I've set it up manually, but after each reboot, the dir is NOT exported. To get it to work, I have to exec twice,
exportfs -r exportfs: Warning: /usr/local/exports does not support NFS export. exportfs -r
then, at this point, the dir can be subscribed/mounted at the client,
192.168.1.7.
The boot log shows
grep -i nfs /var/log/boot.msg