[Wylug-help] USB key-fob mount problem

[Roger Beaumont]

On Friday 02 July 2004 16:18, Jason Lander wrote:
> > /shares/ ... contains mount points for
> > 'camera' and 'flashdisk' - a digital camera and a 'key-fob' ...
>
> 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.

Thanks for that - I think I understand... so far!

The scripts (written by my guru) to mount both devices are virtually
identical: they differ only in the line that checks that the device can be
seen.  Neither appears to carry out any 'export' operation, simply checking
for USB mass storage support, for the USB filesystem, and that the device is
seen, then mounting the device.  Yet the camera files are visible across the
LAN, but the flash files aren't.

Can you suggest where I should check for 'export' settings?

TIA,

Roger