>     Jacques> Hi there ...  One stupid question.  How in hell do you
>     Jacques> setup your /etc/exports file to export some directory to
>     Jacques> the world.
> 
>     Jacques> I've tried : /exports -ro
> 
>     Jacques> and comes up with showmount -e as /exports Everyone
> 
> This is correct. What you've done is right and answers your question.
> However this was not the question you should have asked. :-)
> You probably don't have a mount daemon running on the server, or the
> mount requests and replies aren't getting through, say because of
> packet filtering. The exports file just tells the mount daemon which
> clients are allowed to mount what. If the request is accepted, it
> returns a file handle for the mount point which the client's kernel
> can use for NFS.

Thanks for the reply ...

Sorry, I didn't mention that /sbin/mountd is running, also in /etc/netstart
I said YES to nfs_server and nfs_client and the daemons are fired up.
Also /var/db/mountdtab echo the correct export point, and there
are no packet filtering.

-Jacques