I was just glancing over an article and I got stuck on this sentence regarding /etc/exports: If you specify *.freeos.com in the access list, abc.freeos.com and def.abc.freeos.com will be able to mount the exported directory, but xyz.abc.freeos.com will not have access. I just don't see the difference between def and xyz .... http://freeos.com/articles/3421/ -- Marcel