Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 12:53:16 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jdli@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw (Jian-Da Li) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Re-Export NFS-partition ?! Message-ID: <199603271953.MAA01762@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199603270452.MAA29220@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> from "Jian-Da Li" at Mar 27, 96 12:52:58 pm
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> >> >Perhaps you could tell us *why* you want to do this, and we can tell > >> >you why it's a silly idea or suggest rational alternatives... 8-). > >>=20 > >> Well, if local HD is not large enough, and wants to provide > >> NFS installation ?! (such as 2.1.0-RELEASE) > > > > Easy. mount it from the system you want to "reeexport" instead of > > from the system you want to do the "reexporting". > > Errr...I knew it..... :) > How about export NFS partitions from a machine behind the firewall ?! > :) Firewalling incoming mounts is a security problem. Firewalling outgoing mounts is an administrative mistake. In any case, I suggest you mount a CDROM locally and create a symlink tree in the NFS directory containing the mount point to allow NFS install from CDROM. Assuming you can't convince your administration that they are mistaken. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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