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

[nfs-utils.git] / utils / exportfs / exports.man

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
 .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:
 .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
 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
 .TP
 '''.B =public
 '''This is a special ``hostname'' that identifies the given directory name