hello, Patrick-- ] Are you sure about this? Any system using nfs will allow this, but the ] directory they mount from hostB is the mount directory, not the /usr/share ] form hostA. perhaps i am confused (not the first time 8-)), but it seems that this is the same thing. if i remotely mount the mount dir, am i not really accessing the /usr/share from hostA? if i understand you correctly, the diagram is: hostA --> exports /usr/share to -access=hostB hostB --> mounts /usr/share on /hostA/usr/share, re-exports /hostA/usr/share hostC --> mounts /hostA/usr/share on /real_slow/usr/share as i said, this is the first i have heard of this. really, i would be more concerned with NFS performance. also, i can not find this re-export trick on any *nix except linux. what other *nix'es support this? thanx for the info. regards, --robert -- o robert owen thomas: Unix consultant. Big Brother. user scratching post. o o e-mail: rthomas@pamd.cig.mot.com --or-- robt@cymru.com o o vox: 708.632.5768 fax: 708.632.5694 o o -- System Administrator's Dictionary -- o o user (you'zer) n. 1 A waste of system resources; an unwanted load o o on the processor(s) of a Unix system. 2 Someone who uses Caps Lock. o