Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 05:20:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Adam David <adam@veda.is> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/1891: mountd fails to export Message-ID: <199610261220.FAA22560@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/1891; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Adam David <adam@veda.is> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/1891: mountd fails to export Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 12:13:40 +0000 (GMT) > > Document that it is a requirement for all hosts in /etc/exports > > to be defined in /etc/hosts in order to prevent failed exports to > > reachable hosts. > > > > or: > > > > Document that it is advisable to separate host lists topologically > > into separate lines in /etc/exports > > I vote for 2 (and 3). (Except, no reference to /etc/hosts, the valid > hostname can also come from DNS.) Or from NIS (sitewide /etc/hosts), but what if servers are temporarily unavailable? A whole line of hosts are then blocked from export until mountd is restarted (kill -HUP). The NFS server is not guaranteed access to DNS or NIS services, unless they are running on the same host and serving all domains that contain export hosts (because links can go down). -- Adam David <adam@veda.is>
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