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Date:      Sat, 28 Sep 1996 11:12:11 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
To:        narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee (Narvi)
Cc:        nwestfal@Vorlon.odc.net, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: NFS problems with 960801-SNAP
Message-ID:  <199609280912.LAA17091@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960928095721.4949A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> from Narvi at "28. Sep. 96 10:00:46"

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> On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, Neal Westfall wrote:
> 
> > I am having trouble getting mountd to read my exports file
> > properly, and I don't have a clue what is wrong with it.
> > 
> > Here is my exports file:
[..]
> > # You should replace these lines with your actual exported filesystems.
> > /home/business	vorlon
> > /home/resell	vorlon

If business and resell are subdirectories in one filesystem /home,
try instead the following line:
/home/business /home/resell	vorlon
              ^ SPACE          ^ TAB

> > But mountd always complains with this:
> > 
> > Sep 27 17:41:22 narn mountd[83]: Can't change attributes for /home/resell. 
> > Sep 27 17:41:22 narn mountd[83]: Bad exports list line /home/resell	vorlon
[..]
> 
> Isn't it possible that there is only the /home filesystem and the 
> /home/business and /home/resell are not separate filesystems but just 
> subdirectories? If so, the command above "seems" (I have not tested) to 
> export /home - and with the second line, you are instructing it to 
> reexport it. It would be real good if you could export any directory
> you like and be not limited to mountpoints, as the situation seems to be.

Robert



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