Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 00:30:12 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS question.. Message-ID: <XFMail.990509003012.jobaldwi@vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <3734FB2C.DAA448D5@bitey.cyber.com.au>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 09-May-99 Gavan McCormack wrote: > > > John Baldwin wrote: >> You can give a list of directories to be exported, but all directories for a > ... >> /usr \ > ... >> All of these directories are in the filesystem /usr, and the computer foo >> can >> only mount /usr, /usr/source/src, /usr/obj, /usr/source/ports, and > ... > > So what you are saying then, is that I am right in assuming that FreeBSD > cannot > export (in your case) anything under /usr, without /usr itself. No, I just happen to export my /usr. On a server at work, I have a /usr filesystem and only export /usr/X11R6 amd /usr/local from it. You just list all the directories you want to export. :) > Sorry if I sound terse, but I do realise that I can list specific dirs under > a filesystem to export if I do export the entire filesystem. My issue is that > I dont want to export the root of the filesystem (/, in my case) to the > remote > machine, just to have a directory underneath it exported. (/usr/home, in my > case.) No problem, was just making sure. > I have been hearing around that NFSv3 is the only 'good' NFS, and so far no > free Unixen have v3 implemented yet. I guess we will just have to wait.. :/ > For the record tho, the SYSV-ish NFSd on Linux can export individual > directories > however. (But has other problems too.) > >> On 08-May-99 Gavan McCormack wrote: >> > According to my 4.4BSD SMM "...the kernel information is stored on a per >> > local file system mount point and client host address basis and cannot >> > refer to individiual directories within the local server filesystem." > ... >> > Has this been changed in FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE? Or do I have to live with >> > only >> > being able to export whole filesystems? > >> John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ > -- > ________________________________________________________________________ > Gavan A. McCormack - tetragon@cyber.com.au - tetragon@bitey.net > Cybersource P/L. TCPIP network management & Unix system administration. --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?XFMail.990509003012.jobaldwi>