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32 .\" @(#)exports.5 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/29/95
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41 .Nd define remote mount points for
49 file specifies remote mount points for the
51 mount protocol per the
53 server specification; see
54 .%T "Network File System Protocol Specification" ,
55 RFC 1094, Appendix A and
56 .%T "NFS: Network File System Version 3 Specification" ,
60 (other than comment lines that begin with a #)
61 specifies the mount point(s) and export flags within one local server
62 filesystem for one or more hosts.
63 A host may be specified only once for each local filesystem on the
64 server and there may be only one default entry for each server
65 filesystem that applies to all other hosts.
66 The latter exports the filesystem to the ``world'' and should
67 be used only when the filesystem contains public information.
70 the first field(s) specify the directory path(s) within a server filesystem
71 that can be mounted on by the corresponding client(s).
72 There are two forms of this specification.
73 The first is to list all mount points as absolute
74 directory paths separated by whitespace.
75 The second is to specify the pathname of the root of the filesystem
79 this form allows the host(s) to mount at any point within the filesystem,
80 including regular files if the
84 The pathnames must not have any symbolic links in them and should not have
85 any "." or ".." components.
86 Mount points for a filesystem may appear on multiple lines each with
87 different sets of hosts and export options.
89 The second component of a line specifies how the filesystem is to be
90 exported to the host set.
91 The option flags specify whether the filesystem
92 is exported read-only or read-write and how the client uid is mapped to
93 user credentials on the server.
95 Export options are specified as follows:
98 .Fl maproot No = Sy user
100 The credential of the specified user is used for remote access by root.
101 The credential includes all the groups to which the user is a member
102 on the local machine (see
104 The user may be specified by name or number.
107 .Fl maproot No = Sy user:group1:group2:...
109 The colon separated list is used to specify the precise credential
110 to be used for remote access by root.
111 The elements of the list may be either names or numbers.
112 Note that user: should be used to distinguish a credential containing
113 no groups from a complete credential for that user.
116 .Fl mapall No = Sy user
120 .Fl mapall No = Sy user:group1:group2:...
122 specifies a mapping for all client uids (including root)
123 using the same semantics as
130 in an effort to be backward compatible with older export file formats.
136 options, remote accesses by root will result in using a credential of -2:-2.
137 All other users will be mapped to their remote credential.
141 remote access by root will be mapped to that credential instead of -2:-2.
145 all users (including root) will be mapped to that credential in
150 option specifies that the filesystem should be exported read-only
151 (default read/write).
156 in an effort to be backward compatible with older export file formats.
159 exports strictly according to the spec (RFC 2054 and RFC 2055) can
163 However, this flag in itself allows r/w access to all files in
164 the filesystem, not requiring reserved ports and not remapping uids.
166 is only provided to conform to the spec, and should normally not be used.
175 .Fl mapall No = Sy nobody
182 .Fl index No = Sy file
184 option can be used to specify a file whose handle will be returned if
185 a directory is looked up using the public filehandle
187 This is to mimic the behavior of URLs.
190 option is specified, a directory filehandle will be returned as usual.
193 option only makes sense in combination with the
201 option will inhibit some of the syslog diagnostics for bad lines in
203 This can be useful to avoid annoying error messages for known possible
208 The third component of a line specifies the host set to which the line applies.
209 The set may be specified in three ways.
210 The first way is to list the host name(s) separated by white space.
211 (Standard Internet ``dot'' addresses may be used in place of names.)
212 The second way is to specify a ``netgroup'' as defined in the netgroup file (see
214 The third way is to specify an Internet subnetwork using a network and
215 network mask that is defined as the set of all hosts with addresses within
217 This latter approach requires less overhead within the
218 kernel and is recommended for cases where the export line refers to a
219 large number of clients within an administrative subnet.
221 The first two cases are specified by simply listing the name(s) separated
223 All names are checked to see if they are ``netgroup'' names
224 first and are assumed to be hostnames otherwise.
225 Using the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
226 circumvent the problem of a host that has the same name as a netgroup.
227 The third case is specified by the flag
229 .Fl network No = Sy netname
233 .Fl mask No = Sy netmask .
235 If the mask is not specified, it will default to the mask for that network
236 class (A, B or C; see
244 utility can be made to re-read the
246 file by sending it a hangup signal as follows:
247 .Bd -literal -offset indent
248 kill -s HUP `cat /var/run/mountd.pid`
255 output to see whether
257 logged any parsing errors in the
261 .Bl -tag -width /etc/exports -compact
263 the default remote mount-point file
266 .Bd -literal -offset indent
267 /usr /usr/local -maproot=0:10 friends
268 /usr -maproot=daemon grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca 131.104.48.16
269 /usr -ro -mapall=nobody
270 /u -maproot=bin: -network 131.104.48 -mask 255.255.255.0
271 /u2 -maproot=root friends
272 /u2 -alldirs -network cis-net -mask cis-mask
273 /cdrom -alldirs,quiet,ro -network 192.168.33.0 -mask 255.255.255.0
282 local filesystem mount points, the above example specifies the following:
286 where friends is specified in the netgroup file
287 with users mapped to their remote credentials and
288 root mapped to uid 0 and group 10.
289 It is exported read-write and the hosts in ``friends'' can mount either /usr
294 .Em grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca
295 with users mapped to their remote credentials and
296 root mapped to the user and groups associated with ``daemon'';
297 it is exported to the rest of the world as read-only with
298 all users mapped to the user and groups associated with ``nobody''.
301 is exported to all hosts on the subnetwork
303 with root mapped to the uid for ``bin'' and with no group access.
306 is exported to the hosts in ``friends'' with root mapped to uid and groups
307 associated with ``root'';
308 it is exported to all hosts on network ``cis-net'' allowing mounts at any
309 directory within /u2.
311 The filesystem rooted at
313 will exported read-only to the entire network 192.168.33.0/24, including
314 all its subdirectories.
317 is the conventional mountpoint for a CD-ROM device, this export will
318 fail if no CD-ROM medium is currently mounted there since that line
319 would then attempt to export a subdirectory of the root filesystem
322 option which is not allowed.
325 option will then suppress the error message for this condition that
326 would normally be syslogged.
327 As soon as an actual CD-ROM is going to be mounted,
331 about this situation, and the
333 filesystem will be exported as intended.
334 Note that without using the
336 option, the export would always succeed.
337 While there is no CD-ROM medium mounted under
339 it would export the (normally empty) directory
341 of the root filesystem instead.
348 The export options are tied to the local mount points in the kernel and
349 must be non-contradictory for any exported subdirectory of the local
351 It is recommended that all exported directories within the same server
352 filesystem be specified on adjacent lines going down the tree.
353 You cannot specify a hostname that is also the name of a netgroup.
354 Specifying the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
355 circumvent the problem.