Date: 13 Feb 2013 00:45:50 -0000 From: Scott Ballantyne <sdb@ssr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Exporting a ntfs-3g mounted drive over NFS? Message-ID: <20130213004550.2977.qmail@irelay.ssr.com> In-Reply-To: <20130213001444.2694.qmail@irelay.ssr.com> (message from Scott Ballantyne on 13 Feb 2013 00:14:44 -0000) References: <20130212205323.2345.qmail@irelay.ssr.com> <20130212235013.GH5396@dan.emsphone.com> <20130213001444.2694.qmail@irelay.ssr.com>
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I wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks to Dan Nelson I was able to mount my 4 TB drive using > ntfs-3g. Now I need to export it over NFS, and it doesn't work. > > I'm using a bootable ZFS system, if that makes any difference. I don't > see why it should. > > Basically, I can export a directory as long as a ntfs-3g filesystem is > not moutned on it. And this is also true for the kernel ntfs > system. The second a ntfs or ntfs-3g filesystem is mounted on it, > there are problems. > > Here are more details: > > create a directory: /var/video, set globally readable and searchable > permissions. > > I create a simple entry in /etc/exports: > > /var/VIDEO > > I copy some files in there and HUP mountd. > I check to see that I can access the files on the clients. No > problem. > > I go back, delete the files (just to be safe), and then I mount the > ntfs-3g drive on /var/VIDEO with > > ntfs-3g -o ro /dev/da0s1 /var/VIDEO > > I check to see that I can see the ntfs filesystem in /var/VIDEO with > ls (I can), and all the permissions are ok (every file is rwxrwxrwx). > > Then I HUP mountd. Mountd now tells me that my formerly good line in > exports is bad. I can't access the files on the clients. > > I umount /var/VIDEO. I HUP mountd. All is well once again, on the > server and the clients, except I can't access the files on the ntfs > drive which I need to do. > > Anyone have any ideas what is going on here, and even better, how I > might get it to work? > > Thanks! > Scott > -- > sdb@ssr.com > > To add another detail, I have discovered that while I can't export the files over NFS, I can use SAMBA, which helps me somewhat. I still need NFS, and generally would prefer it for performance reasons, so if anyone has any hints, please do let me know. Best, Scott -- sdb@ssr.com
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