Server
Install NFS server components:

# apt-get install nfs-kernel-server portmap

Add the "root" of all shares (if this is your only share, this should be all you need):

# echo "/home 192.168.1.0/24(ro,fsid=0)" >> /etc/exports

Add additional shares:

# echo "/home/joe 192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync,no_subtree_check)" >> /etc/exports

Update NFS exports table:

# exportfs -avr …

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Every once and a while, I lose network connectivity to the point where my NFS share is unmounted and, when remounted, the Desktop fills up with everything in ~/.

The problem lies in the file ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs. It should be as follows (for my setup):

XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public" …

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