OK..... I decided to "replicate" what I think is your environment and what I "think" you want.... I have 2 systems.... f17x = Server f17 = Client Sorry about the similar host names. These are VMs and that is the way I set them up. ************* SERVER *************** [root@f17x etc]# cat fstab # # /etc/fstab # Created by anaconda on Sat Jul 28 19:57:55 2012 # /dev/mapper/vg_f17x-lv_root / ext4 defaults 1 1 UUID=282ad858-80b0-446d-b8e8-061edb6088ff /boot ext4 defaults 1 2 /dev/mapper/vg_f17x-lv_swap swap swap defaults 0 0 /home/home /nfsexports/home none rw,bind 0 0 [root@f17x etc]# cat exports /nfsexports 192.168.0.0/24(ro,sync,insecure,root_squash,no_subtree_check,fsid=0) /nfsexports/home 192.168.0.0/24(rw,nohide,sync,insecure,root_squash,no_subtree_check) [root@f17x etc]# cd /nfsexports/ [root@f17x nfsexports]# ll total 4 drwxr-xr-x. 6 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 11:37 home [root@f17x nfsexports]# ll home total 16 drwxrwxr-x. 2 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 11:37 four drwxrwxr-x. 2 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 10:51 one drwxrwxr-x. 2 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 10:51 three drwxrwxr-x. 2 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 10:51 two [root@f17x etc]# cd /home [root@f17x home]# ll total 8 drwx------. 40 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 11:34 egreshko drwxr-xr-x. 6 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 11:37 home [root@f17x home]# cd home [root@f17x home]# pwd /home/home [root@f17x home]# ll total 16 drwxrwxr-x. 2 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 11:37 four drwxrwxr-x. 2 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 10:51 one drwxrwxr-x. 2 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 10:51 three drwxrwxr-x. 2 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 10:51 two ************* CLIENT ****************** [root@f17 ~]# cd /etc [root@f17 etc]# cat fstab # # /etc/fstab # /dev/mapper/vg_f17-lv_root / ext4 defaults 1 1 UUID=7a84488c-7acd-4ede-b4ec-b8e169d5a09d /boot ext4 defaults 1 2 /dev/mapper/vg_f17-lv_swap swap swap defaults 0 0 # NFS mounts #misty:/syntegra /syntegra nfs4 defaults 0 0 #misty:/myhome /home/egreshko/misty nfs4 defaults 0 0 192.168.0.171:/home /mnt/HOME1 nfs4 defaults 0 0 [root@f17 etc]# cd /mnt/ [root@f17 mnt]# ll total 4 drwxr-xr-x. 6 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 11:37 HOME1 [root@f17 mnt]# cd HOME1/ [root@f17 HOME1]# ll total 16 drwxrwxr-x. 2 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 11:37 four drwxrwxr-x. 2 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 10:51 one drwxrwxr-x. 2 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 10:51 three drwxrwxr-x. 2 egreshko egreshko 4096 Dec 4 10:51 two [root@f17 HOME1]# df -T Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on rootfs rootfs 30479304 8420896 20510120 30% / devtmpfs devtmpfs 504972 0 504972 0% /dev tmpfs tmpfs 513868 92 513776 1% /dev/shm tmpfs tmpfs 513868 1164 512704 1% /run /dev/mapper/vg_f17-lv_root ext4 30479304 8420896 20510120 30% / tmpfs tmpfs 513868 0 513868 0% /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs tmpfs 513868 0 513868 0% /media /dev/sda1 ext4 495844 93045 377199 20% /boot 192.168.0.171:/home/ nfs4 23254912 8666368 13407232 40% /mnt/HOME1 Again.... Please note that I keep my UID/GID consistent on all systems. That is *very* helpful to proper permission control. I don't know what more to tell you.... -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org