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36 .Nd define remote mount points for
44 file specifies remote mount points for the
46 mount protocol per the
48 server specification; see
49 .%T "Network File System Protocol Specification" ,
50 RFC 1094, Appendix A and
51 .%T "NFS: Network File System Version 3 Specification" ,
55 (other than comment lines that begin with a #)
56 specifies the mount point(s) and export flags within one local server
57 filesystem for one or more hosts.
58 A host may be specified only once for each local filesystem on the
59 server and there may be only one default entry for each server
60 filesystem that applies to all other hosts.
61 The latter exports the filesystem to the
63 and should be used only when the filesystem contains public information.
66 the first field(s) specify the directory path(s) within a server filesystem
67 that can be mounted on by the corresponding client(s).
68 There are two forms of this specification.
69 The first is to list all mount points as absolute
70 directory paths separated by whitespace.
71 This list of directory paths should be considered an
72 .Dq administrative control ,
73 since it is only enforced by the
75 daemon and not the kernel.
76 As such, it only applies to NFSv2 and NFSv3 mounts and only
77 with respect to the client's use of the mount protocol.
78 The second is to specify the pathname of the root of the filesystem
82 this form allows the host(s) to mount at any point within the filesystem,
83 including regular files if the
87 The pathnames must not have any symbolic links in them and should not have
93 Mount points for a filesystem may appear on multiple lines each with
94 different sets of hosts and export options.
96 The second component of a line specifies how the filesystem is to be
97 exported to the host set.
98 The option flags specify whether the filesystem
99 is exported read-only or read-write and how the client UID is mapped to
100 user credentials on the server.
102 Export options are specified as follows:
105 .Fl maproot Li = Sy user
107 The credential of the specified user is used for remote access by root.
108 The credential includes all the groups to which the user is a member
109 on the local machine (see
111 The user may be specified by name or number.
114 .Fl maproot Li = Sy user:group1:group2:...
116 The colon separated list is used to specify the precise credential
117 to be used for remote access by root.
118 The elements of the list may be either names or numbers.
119 Note that user: should be used to distinguish a credential containing
120 no groups from a complete credential for that user.
123 .Fl mapall Li = Sy user
127 .Fl mapall Li = Sy user:group1:group2:...
129 specifies a mapping for all client UIDs (including root)
130 using the same semantics as
137 in an effort to be backward compatible with older export file formats.
143 options, remote accesses by root will result in using a credential of 65534:65533.
144 All other users will be mapped to their remote credential.
148 remote access by root will be mapped to that credential instead of 65534:65533.
152 all users (including root) will be mapped to that credential in
157 option specifies that the filesystem should be exported read-only
158 (default read/write).
163 in an effort to be backward compatible with older export file formats.
166 exports strictly according to the spec (RFC 2054 and RFC 2055) can
170 However, this flag in itself allows r/w access to all files in
171 the file system, not requiring reserved ports and not remapping UIDs.
173 is only provided to conform to the spec, and should normally not be used.
182 .Fl mapall No = Sy nobody
189 .Fl index No = Sy file
191 option can be used to specify a file whose handle will be returned if
192 a directory is looked up using the public filehandle
194 This is to mimic the behavior of URLs.
197 option is specified, a directory filehandle will be returned as usual.
200 option only makes sense in combination with the
208 option will inhibit some of the syslog diagnostics for bad lines in
210 This can be useful to avoid annoying error messages for known possible
215 The third component of a line specifies the host set to which the line applies.
216 The set may be specified in three ways.
217 The first way is to list the host name(s) separated by white space.
220 addresses may be used in place of names.)
221 The second way is to specify a
227 The third way is to specify an Internet subnetwork using a network and
228 network mask that is defined as the set of all hosts with addresses within
230 This latter approach requires less overhead within the
231 kernel and is recommended for cases where the export line refers to a
232 large number of clients within an administrative subnet.
234 The first two cases are specified by simply listing the name(s) separated
236 All names are checked to see if they are
238 names first and are assumed to be hostnames otherwise.
239 Using the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
240 circumvent the problem of a host that has the same name as a netgroup.
241 The third case is specified by the flag
243 .Fl network Li = Sy netname Op Li / Ar prefixlength
247 .Fl mask No = Sy netmask .
249 The netmask may be specified either by attaching a
253 option, or by using a separate
256 If the mask is not specified, it will default to the mask for that network
257 class (A, B or C; see
265 utility can be made to re-read the
267 file by sending it a hangup signal as follows:
268 .Bd -literal -offset indent
269 /etc/rc.d/mountd reload
276 output to see whether
278 logged any parsing errors in the
282 .Bl -tag -width /etc/exports -compact
284 the default remote mount-point file
287 .Bd -literal -offset indent
288 /usr /usr/local -maproot=0:10 friends
289 /usr -maproot=daemon grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca 131.104.48.16
290 /usr -ro -mapall=nobody
291 /u -maproot=bin: -network 131.104.48 -mask 255.255.255.0
292 /a -network 192.168.0/24
293 /u2 -maproot=root friends
294 /u2 -alldirs -network cis-net -mask cis-mask
295 /cdrom -alldirs,quiet,ro -network 192.168.33.0 -mask 255.255.255.0
305 local filesystem mount points, the above example specifies the following:
307 The file system rooted at
311 where friends is specified in the netgroup file
312 with users mapped to their remote credentials and
313 root mapped to UID 0 and group 10.
314 It is exported read-write and the hosts in
323 .Em grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca
324 with users mapped to their remote credentials and
325 root mapped to the user and groups associated with
327 it is exported to the rest of the world as read-only with
328 all users mapped to the user and groups associated with
331 The file system rooted at
333 is exported to all hosts on the subnetwork
335 with root mapped to the UID for
337 and with no group access.
339 The file system rooted at
341 is exported to the hosts in
343 with root mapped to UID and groups
346 it is exported to all hosts on network
348 allowing mounts at any
349 directory within /u2.
351 The file system rooted at
353 is exported to the network 192.168.0.0, with a netmask of 255.255.255.0.
354 However, the netmask length in the entry for
356 is not specified through a
358 option, but through the
362 The filesystem rooted at
364 will exported read-only to the entire network 192.168.33.0/24, including
365 all its subdirectories.
368 is the conventional mountpoint for a CD-ROM device, this export will
369 fail if no CD-ROM medium is currently mounted there since that line
370 would then attempt to export a subdirectory of the root filesystem
373 option which is not allowed.
376 option will then suppress the error message for this condition that
377 would normally be syslogged.
378 As soon as an actual CD-ROM is going to be mounted,
382 about this situation, and the
384 filesystem will be exported as intended.
385 Note that without using the
387 option, the export would always succeed.
388 While there is no CD-ROM medium mounted under
390 it would export the (normally empty) directory
392 of the root filesystem instead.
399 The export options are tied to the local mount points in the kernel and
400 must be non-contradictory for any exported subdirectory of the local
402 It is recommended that all exported directories within the same server
403 filesystem be specified on adjacent lines going down the tree.
404 You cannot specify a hostname that is also the name of a netgroup.
405 Specifying the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
406 circumvent the problem.