What is logged in /var/log/messages you turn on the in-kernel mount debugging via: rpcdebug -m nfs -s mount
then do the following three mounts: mount -o sec=none madhat:/home /mnt/home mount -o sec=sys madhat:/home /mnt/home mount madhat:/home /mnt/home I got: Oct 2 09:23:10 rawhat kernel: NFS: nfs mount opts='sec=none,addr=10.16.60.33' Oct 2 09:23:10 rawhat kernel: NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'sec=none' Oct 2 09:23:10 rawhat kernel: NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'addr=10.16.60.33' Oct 2 09:23:10 rawhat kernel: NFS: sending MNT request for madhat:/home Oct 2 09:23:10 rawhat kernel: NFS: MNT request succeeded Oct 2 09:23:43 rawhat kernel: NFS: nfs mount opts='sec=sys,addr=10.16.60.33' Oct 2 09:23:43 rawhat kernel: NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'sec=sys' Oct 2 09:23:43 rawhat kernel: NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'addr=10.16.60.33' Oct 2 09:23:43 rawhat kernel: NFS: sending MNT request for madhat:/home Oct 2 09:23:43 rawhat kernel: NFS: MNT request succeeded Oct 2 09:24:00 rawhat kernel: NFS: nfs mount opts='addr=10.16.60.33' Oct 2 09:24:00 rawhat kernel: NFS: parsing nfs mount option 'addr=10.16.60.33' Oct 2 09:24:00 rawhat kernel: NFS: sending MNT request for madhat:/home Oct 2 09:24:00 rawhat kernel: NFS: MNT request succeeded steved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]