From: Ben Hutchings Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:38:03 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Merge branch 'upstream' X-Git-Tag: debian/1%1.0.10-1~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f067460b9a6be8c0890f6c9bbdd5a2fbf940121b;hp=-c;p=nfs-utils.git Merge branch 'upstream' Conflicts: configure --- f067460b9a6be8c0890f6c9bbdd5a2fbf940121b diff --combined utils/exportfs/exports.man index 4cddc79,7aa60fc..5800b56 --- a/utils/exportfs/exports.man +++ b/utils/exportfs/exports.man @@@ -29,9 -29,6 +29,9 @@@ double quotes. You can also specify spa the export name using a backslash followed by the character code as three octal digits. .PP +To apply changes to this file, run exportfs -ra or /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server +reload (the latter being a distribution-specific extension). +.PP .SS Machine Name Formats NFS clients may be specified in a number of ways: .IP "single host @@@ -120,7 -117,7 +120,7 @@@ storage (se above). In releases of nfs-utils upto and including 1.0.0, this option was the - default. In this and future releases, + default. In all subsequence releases, .I sync is the default, and .I async @@@ -220,6 -217,16 +220,16 @@@ The default of having subtree checks en requested with .IR subtree_check . + From release 1.1.0 of nfs-utils onwards, the default will be + .I no_subtree_check + as subtree_checking tends to cause more problems than it is worth. + If you genuinely require subtree checking, you should explicitly put + that option in the + .B exports + file. If you put neither option, + .I exportfs + will warn you that the change is pending. + .TP .IR insecure_locks .TP @@@ -395,11 -402,8 +405,11 @@@ Here's the complete list of mapping opt .TP .IR root_squash Map requests from uid/gid 0 to the anonymous uid/gid. Note that this does -not apply to any other uids that might be equally sensitive, such as user -.IR bin . +not apply to any other uids or gids that might be equally sensitive, such as +user +.IR bin +or group +.IR staff . .TP .IR no_root_squash Turn off root squashing. This option is mainly useful for diskless clients.