nfs-server - status & request for information

[Max Bowsher]

Robb, Sam wrote:
>   - Cannot export '/cygdrive' or other Cygwin mounts
> 
>     The NFS daemon cannot export Cygwin mount points directly.  For
>     example, if you add "/cygdrive/c" to /etc/exports, while mountd
>     will not complain, any attempt to actually mount the directory on
>     a remote machine will result in an error.
> 
>     A workaround is to create a regular directory, mount the Windows
>     drive at that directory, and then export the directory.  For
>     example:
> 
>       $ mkdir -p /exports/c
>       $ mount -f -s -b c:/ /exports/c
>       $ echo "/exports/c (ro,all_squash)" >> /etc/exports

Will it work if you simply do "mkdir /cygdrive"?

If not, shouldn't it?

Max.