NFS

[TehJustinator]

Using an nfs mount, is it possible to mount an nfs mount? That's a scary sentence.

 

[Nothinman]

Do you mean is it possible to mount an NFS share inside of another NFS share?

 

[TehJustinator]

I'm not sure what you mean. To clarify:

Directory A on computer 1.
Directory A mounted via nfs on computer 2.
Computer 2 exports directory A.
Directory A mounted by Computer 3 via nfs to Computer 2.
Computer 3 cannot know that computer 1 exists.

 

[Nothinman]

Ah I thought you meant something like:

Server1 exports /blah and /foo
Client1 mounts Serber1:/blah at /blah and Server1:/foo at /blah/foo.

For what you want to do, I don't believe it's possible and even if it was it would be an extremely bad idea.

 

[Brazen]

mmm, I bet it would work.

 

[Vadatajs]

Originally posted by: TehJustinator
I'm not sure what you mean. To clarify:

Directory A on computer 1.
Directory A mounted via nfs on computer 2.
Computer 2 exports directory A.
Directory A mounted by Computer 3 via nfs to Computer 2.
Computer 3 cannot know that computer 1 exists.

Not possible.

If a filesystem is NFS mounted, it cannot be exported.