2001-12-26 Chip Salzenberg <chip@pobox.com>

	* utils/exportfs/exports.man: Emphasize the need for options to
	immediately follow client names.  Explain that wildcards don't
	usually work on addresses, but may work when reverse DNS fails.
	* utils/mountd/mountd.man, utils/rquotad/rquotad.man,
	utils/statd/statd.man: Remove refs to non-existent "hosts_allow(5)".
	* debian/changelog: Version 0.3.3-6.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bdd0917acd0164737ffef2a92f6283568f53cc33..695b7be5c0fa1a6d2afccce7f30b986faba2b796 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2001-12-26  Chip Salzenberg  <chip@pobox.com>
+
+       * utils/exportfs/exports.man: Emphasize the need for options to
+       immediately follow client names.  Explain that wildcards don't
+       usually work on addresses, but may work when reverse DNS fails.
+       * utils/mountd/mountd.man, utils/rquotad/rquotad.man,
+       utils/statd/statd.man: Remove refs to non-existent "hosts_allow(5)".
+       * debian/changelog: Version 0.3.3-6.
+
 2001-12-20  NeilBrown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
 
        * support/export/client.c(client_lookup): If a host has multiple

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0000c0ef6c4f951cb387d585b3d8141e2a320e18..e4df9a239983a5abab32ba1af6b2ef06f95da98e 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+nfs-utils (1:0.3.3-6) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Upstream fixes:
+    > Ignore case when comparing host names.
+    > Use all addresses of multi-homed hosts in export processing.
+    > When reading /proc/fs/nfs/exports, assume noasync and nowgather;
+      older kernels did so, while newer kernels report them explicitly.
+    > Remove man page refs to "hosts_allow(5)".  (closes: #122540)
+    > In exports.5: Emphasize the need for options to immediately follow
+      client names.  Explain that wildcards don't usually work on addresses,
+      but may work when reverse DNS fails. (closes: #118040, #116039)
+
+ --
+
 nfs-utils (1:0.3.3-5) unstable; urgency=high
 
   * Keep NFS fully operational during upgrade.  (closes: #76544)

diff --git a/utils/exportfs/exports.man b/utils/exportfs/exports.man
index 4b31ccf9c03e1316f3483a8d7cf3810a29ee7f91..87fd50ec2f714d91a730fc1c56d421b59936a7b4 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/exportfs/exports.man
+++ b/utils/exportfs/exports.man
@@ -17,15 +17,18 @@ and to the kernel based NFS file server daemon
 .PP
 The file format is similar to the SunOS
 .I exports
-file, except that several additional options are permitted.  Each line
-contains an export point and a list of machine or netgroup names allowed
-to mount the file system at that point.  An optional parenthesized list
-of export parameters may follow each machine name.  Blank lines are
-ignored, and a # introduces a comment to the end of the line. Entries may
-be continued across newlines using a backslash. If export name contains spaces
-it should be quoted using double-quotes. You can also specify spaces
-or any other unusual characters in the export path name using a
-backslash followed by the character code as 3 octal digits.
+file. Each line contains an export point and a whitespace-separated list
+of clients allowed to mount the file system at that point. Each listed
+client may be immediately followed by a parenthesized, comma-separated
+list of export options for that client. No whitespace is permitted
+between a client and its option list.
+.PP
+Blank lines are ignored.  A pound sign ("#") introduces a comment to the
+end of the line. Entries may be continued across newlines using a
+backslash. If an export name contains spaces it should be quoted using
+double quotes. You can also specify spaces or other unusual character in
+the export name using a backslash followed by the character code as three
+octal digits.
 .PP
 .SS Machine Name Formats
 NFS clients may be specified in a number of ways:
@@ -53,7 +56,8 @@ as
 where the netmask can be specified in dotted-decimal format, or as a
 contiguous mask length (for example, either `/255.255.252.0' or `/22' appended
 to the network base address result in identical subnetworks with 10 bits of
-host).
+host). Wildcard characters generally do not work on IP addresses, though they
+may work by accident when reverse DNS lookups fail.
 .TP
 '''.B =public
 '''This is a special ``hostname'' that identifies the given directory name

diff --git a/utils/mountd/mountd.man b/utils/mountd/mountd.man
index f529ec1ad30a3e7e2f91bc32375eadd85f110c93..57808139e13155c42df0a9fa62bf56baa3d91ae0 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/mountd/mountd.man
+++ b/utils/mountd/mountd.man
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ You have to use the daemon name
 for the daemon name (even if the binary has a different name).
 
 For further information please have a look at the
-.BR tcpd (8),
-.BR hosts_allow (5)
+.BR tcpd (8)
 and
 .BR hosts_access (5)
 manual pages.

diff --git a/utils/rquotad/rquotad.man b/utils/rquotad/rquotad.man
index 89774f20c432a0e21adef86fcaf29e67c78553df..a9a1f74a59134b252bbca699b88e2fdfa784bc93 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/rquotad/rquotad.man
+++ b/utils/rquotad/rquotad.man
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ You have to use the daemon name
 for the daemon name (even if the binary has a different name).
 
 For further information please have a look at the
-.BR tcpd (8),
-.BR hosts_allow (5)
+.BR tcpd (8)
 and
 .BR hosts_access (5)
 manual pages.

diff --git a/utils/statd/statd.man b/utils/statd/statd.man
index b8467fee1542153b6f52761c55556359b9341e44..dbe8be1db5911c069426743dc36657dfc9c6289d 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/statd/statd.man
+++ b/utils/statd/statd.man
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ You have to use the daemon name
 for the daemon name (even if the binary has a different name).
 
 For further information please have a look at the
-.BR tcpd (8),
-.BR hosts_allow (5)
+.BR tcpd (8)
 and
 .BR hosts_access (5)
 manual pages.