Subject: Re: More questions on stacking filesystems
To: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 08/30/1999 14:37:50
On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Paul Goyette wrote:

> Situation:
> 
> On my nfs server, I have a nullfs mount:
> 
> 	mount -t null /usr/src/sys/arch/mac68k /home/paul/slotman-backup
> 
> Then, I export the entire /home directory.
> 
> On my mac68k client, I nfs mount /home:
> 
> 	mount -t nfs server:/home /home
> 
> Now, if I look in /home/paul/slotman-backup, on the nfs server I find
> all the appropriate subdirectories (conf, compile, dev, etc.).  But on
> the client, none of those subdirectories show up.
> 
> Is this correct behaviour?

Yes.

You mounted /home, but not /home/paul/slotman-backup. :-)

You should now be able to export the null mount at
/home/paul/slotman-backup and get the same effect on the client. :-)

Take care,

Bill