Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 22:43:15 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NFS Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970403224223.464b-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970402155140.6184A-100000@federation.addy.com>
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On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Cliff Addy wrote: > Where is any documentation on NFS? The only thing I can find at > freebsd.org is a page on solving some bizzare problem, but nothing on the > fundamentals of *using* it. For example: > > 1) I have nfs-mounted a directory from one machine to another. How do I > get it unmounted? umount -t nfs dirname comes back with "dirname not > mounted" `mount dirname' doesn't get rid of it? See if it's still mounted by running 'mount' with no options. I've never had any problems with it. > > 2) Is there something special to export and mount a directory that's not > off the root? e.g. I can export and mount /usr, but not /usr/ftp, I get a > "permission denied" message. Set up /etc/exports to export only /usr/ftp. NFS is rather picky about what you can export. See exports(5). Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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