Hi: (Suse 7.3) I have a server machine named tong 192.168.0.12 which has /etc/exports: / 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(ro) /home 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw) And on the client machine ting 192.168.0.11 I can mount the tong:/home , but I can't mount tong:/ Also, tong gives an error when I run the nfsserver: tong:/ # /etc/init.d/nfsserver restart Shutting down kernel based NFS server done Starting kernel based NFS server192.168.0.11:/: Invalid argument done Why does the nfsserver script mention ting's IP when trying to restart? If I take out the line attempting to export / in tong:/etc/exports, then the nfsserver script doesn't give an error. Now what's really strange is that we can reverse the situation: Ting also runs nfsserver, and has the exact same /etc/exports . However, tong can mount ting:/ with no problem! For the life of me I cannot find a difference in the connfigurations of the two machine's NFS setups. Hosts.deny/allow are the same as well. Digging a little deeper, I find that when I run on tong: tong:~ # exportfs 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0:/ 192.168.0.11:/: Invalid argument But when I do this: tong:~ # exportfs ting:/ Now it works! Ok, so I can make it work by hand, but the trouble is still that the line in /etc/exports doesn't work on tong, but works on ting. Ugh! Thanks. -- _____________________ Christopher R. Carlen crobc@earthlink.net Suse 7.3 Linux 2.4.10