NFSv4

a.k.a., NFS on crack.

Supposedly NFSv4 is able to support kerberos authentication. I guess that means this post should really be called kerberos_IV, or so. Oh well. Doing NFSv4 involves some magic bits, which isn't something I principally oppose. It also involves a lot of extra daemons, making the thing a lot more complex to set up, which is a pity. Well; at least the procedure is documented.

The crack bit, though, is that, according to that HOWTO, you need to bind mount whatever you want to export before being able to actually export stuff. Anyone care to explain to me why that is?