NFS

[Tony Williams]

I tried to add a directory to /etc/exports file so I can exportfs it but get the error "Too many levels of remote in path". I tried to exportfs it manually and still get the same error. Tried to reduce the directory level down to 2 and still get the error. Any ideas?

[S.K. Chan]

Are you sure that the FS that you are attempting to mount has not already been mounted from another system ? You could get this error if you try to mount a FS which is a mounted FS from another system. If that is the case you can't do that.

[Tony Williams]

No. This directory is under /usr file system and /usr has not been exported.

[Tony Williams]

That is correct.

[S.K. Chan]

What I'm trying to say is ..(for example) ..
systemA's /usr/apps/project/data
And you exported /usr/apps/project/data so that it can be mounted on other system. The path along /usr/apps/project/data has to be a local to systemA, not mounted from another system. And you're saying yes it is ?

[Ashwani Kashyap]

YOu cannot export a directory , that has been mounted remotely from another system .

Is this what is happening in your case .

[Tony Williams]

Ashwani, That's not the case. I am trying to export a local directory so other servers can mount them.

[Shannon Petry]

There are a few causes to this.

1. as others have said, if it's mounted from another location it can not be exported on a client. You'll have to duplicate or mount from the same server.

2. The directory is a link

Look for the parent to be a link if the child is not. One of these two issues should fix the problem.

Regards,
Shannon