Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 22:52:05 +0000 (UTC) From: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r270005 - head/usr.sbin/mountd Message-ID: <201408142252.s7EMq5GL059575@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: rmacklem Date: Thu Aug 14 22:52:05 2014 New Revision: 270005 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/270005 Log: Try to clarify how file systems are exported for NFSv4. Suggested by: rcarter@pinyon.org MFC after: 1 week Modified: head/usr.sbin/mountd/exports.5 Modified: head/usr.sbin/mountd/exports.5 ============================================================================== --- head/usr.sbin/mountd/exports.5 Thu Aug 14 22:33:56 2014 (r270004) +++ head/usr.sbin/mountd/exports.5 Thu Aug 14 22:52:05 2014 (r270005) @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)exports.5 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/29/95 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 23, 2012 +.Dd August 14, 2014 .Dt EXPORTS 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ option is used on Because NFSv4 does not use the mount protocol, the .Dq administrative controls -are not applied. -Thus, all the above export line(s) should be considered to have the +are not applied and all directories within this server +file system are mountable via NFSv4 even if the .Fl alldirs -flag, even if the line is specified without it. +flag has not been specified. The third form has the string ``V4:'' followed by a single absolute path name, to specify the NFSv4 tree root. This line does not export any file system, but simply marks where the root @@ -310,7 +310,8 @@ interface. For the third form which specifies the NFSv4 tree root, the directory path specifies the location within the server's file system tree which is the root of the NFSv4 tree. -All entries of this form must specify the same directory path. +There can only be one NFSv4 root directory per server. +As such, all entries of this form must specify the same directory path. For file systems other than ZFS, this location can be any directory and does not need to be within an exported file system. If it is not in an exported
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