>/export/client/root  -maproot=root:wheel nfs.client.com.au
>/export/client/swap -maproot=root:wheel nfs.client.com.au
>/export/client/usr    -maproot=usr nfs.client.com.au
>...
>Sep 24 01:56:03 raid mountd[24468]: "/export/client/swap -maproot", line 5: Can't change attributes for /export/client/swap to 127.0.0.1
>...
>Only the first line in the /etc/exports file executed successfully. I have
>tried a lot of books and man page
>but examples and tips on /etc/exports file is scared. Any comment will be
>much appreciated.

i'm guessing that those three are all part of the same physical file
system.  each file system can only "exported" once.  if this is so,
change your /etc/exports file to:

/export/client -alldirs -maproot=root:wheel nfs.client.com.au

and you should be good to go.

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