NFS server OpenBSD 3.5

From: dfj (dj_at_swicked.net)
Date: 06/24/05 

Date: 24 Jun 2005 06:35:42 -0700

Hi,
I've installed OpenBSD (3.5-GENERIC) on a machine, and i want to use it
as an NFS server so i created a directory called /exports that i would
like to use as the NFS "share" /exports is a mount point for wd0d which
is about 30Gb and is mounted at boot time. My NFS clients are running
slackware 10.1 and have the appropriate entries in their /etc/fstab to
mount from the OpenBSD server. Each client can mount the share with no
problems, but even though the output of `mount` on the slack machines
shows that the NFS is mounted rw, i am not able to create files or
directories, nor am i able to edit files. it's as if the NFS is
actually mounted ro. my /etc/exports file on the OpenBSD box is only
this line:

          /exports -alldirs -network 192.168.0.0 -mask 255.255.255.0

i have even tried adding `-rw` to the /etc/exports even though the
exports man page states that read-write is the default. I think i
should add `-mapall=<someuser>` but i'm not exactly sure if this is my
solution. the permissions on the /exports directory on the OBSD box is
0755 root/wheel, so my thinking is to create a group called something
like nfs, add my normal user account on the OpenBSD box to that group
and add the entry `-mapall=<useraccount>` to the /etc/exports file.

could someone please advise if this is an ideal method for setting up
an NFS server. Thanks in advance.

-DJ

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