Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 15:50:35 -0600 (CST) From: reed@reedmedia.net To: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: export /cdrom without mounting? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.0712031549070.2087@tx.reedmedia.net> In-Reply-To: <200712031421.10635.josh@tcbug.org> References: <Pine.NEB.4.64.0712031042580.2087@tx.reedmedia.net> <200712031421.10635.josh@tcbug.org>
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On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Josh Paetzel wrote: > On Monday 03 December 2007 10:51:33 am reed@reedmedia.net wrote: > > The handbook at > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-nfs.html > > shows exporting /cdrom. > > > > The exports(5) man page seems to indicate a similar exports(5) entry will > > fail since /cdom is not mounted. And if the -alldirs option is not used it > > would just export the empty /cdrom directory (empty because not mounted). > > > > So should the handbook say that /cdrom should be mounted first? > > > > (Usually /cdrom mounted point is listed in /etc/fstab with "noauto".) > > Needing the filesystem mounted that you are trying to share seems sort of > intuitive to me. The handbook doesn't say that /home has to be mounted > either.... While I agree for you and me it is intuitive, but the handbook reaches a larger audience. As for /home not a good example. As /home is often a symlink by default to /usr/home and is nearly always mounted while /cdrom is not (noauto).
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