Ryan, Marek: Can you provide the necessary information here ?
I could not find anything in the dconf docs. That should be fixed too...

You need to create '/etc/dconf/profile/user' on each client and put this one line in it (according to https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=595579#c40):

service-db:keyfile/user

Clients configured this way will use keyfile backend then. This backend correctly updates keys changed by other clients because it uses GFileMonitor for monitoring of changes.

Note: GFileMonitor uses polling for NFS so the update is not instant.

Hello,
I have created a new page for this. 
Could anybody take a look at it and provide me with some feedback?
Thank you very much.
jana

Created attachment 239335 [details] [review]
a new .page created for NFS home directories

Review of attachment 239335 [details] [review]:

::: system-admin-guide/C/nfs-home-directories.page
@@ +13,3 @@
+    </credit>
+
+  <desc>When users have NFS home directories, the <sys>dconf</sys> configuration

Maybe "When users have home directories on NFS,..." would be more accurate.

@@ +28,3 @@
+
+  <note style="important">
+  <p>Users with NFS directories need to change the 

This should be more like:
"<p>Users with home directories on NFS need to change the"

To be more specific, the special configuration is needed when the directory ~/.config/dconf/ is on NFS.

@@ +31,3 @@
+  <sys>dconf</sys> configuration, which is used for collecting a system's 
+  hardware and software configuration. Otherwise, the <sys>dconf</sys> tool
+  does not work correctly.</p>

I would remove the word "tool". DConf is a low-level configuration system (according to https://live.gnome.org/dconf) not a tool.

@@ +47,3 @@
+  <p>Clients configured this way will use the keyfile <sys>backend</sys> daemon, 
+  a special type of filter, which is used to send print data to and discover 
+  different devices on the system. This <sys>backend</sys> correctly updates 

I don't quite understand why we are talking here about filters and printing :).

Thank you very much for the feedback, Marek! 
I've implemented all your comments.. 
(See the attached patch)
jana

Created attachment 239778 [details] [review]
SME's comments have been implemented

A development snapshot of the page is available here:

http://people.gnome.org/~pmkovar/system-admin-guide/nfs-home-directories.html

looks good to me

Dear Kat,
What do you think about this page? 
Does it look good to you as well? 
Thank you very much for any comments. 
jana

Comment on attachment 239335 [details] [review]
a new .page created for NFS home directories 

Pushed to master in commit 7f2f1ede10f5f7346f9568da7d4bd91c143e2dbb

Comment on attachment 239778 [details] [review]
SME's comments have been implemented 

Pushed to master in commit 7f2f1ede10f5f7346f9568da7d4bd91c143e2dbb

Hey, I fixed up wording and renamed page in commit 80c3974ad60b0fb4c30b07fb60ff817822e460c4