[Wylug-help] USB key-fob mount problem

[Jason Lander]

Roger,

> /shares/ (on the server) is shared via nfs.  It contains mount points for
> 'camera' and 'flashdisk' - a digital camera and a 'key-fob', both USB
> devices.  When connected & mounted, both are accessible on the server, but
> only the camera is accessible from the workstations: /shares/flashdisk/
> appears empty when accessed from the workstations, but the files on the
> key-fob can be seen, read and written from the server.

NFS exports part of the filesystem on a given *device* rather than simply
part of the overall file tree.

/shares is on your root filesystem but the camera and key-fob are devices
in their own right. All you are seeing is the part on /shares on the root
disk.

The directories under /shares will need to be explicitly exported. These
exports should be created when the device is plugged in as the NFS
`handle' that uniquely identifies the filesystem depends on the device
itself.

If these devices are managed via `hotplug', this can be done via scripts
which are run automatically when the device is inserted and removed.

- Jason