X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=nfs-utils.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=utils%2Fexportfs%2Fexportfs.man;h=c7b230a291c0fd12185fb0218163d061672932da;hp=2bd8e31519eb02fdbbf8f87531f9c5aded5cca1e;hb=05f93b531d59df6e976d9b40c97b51546524040a;hpb=6bd461c4f1708b38f59f9f4a1bec881f027fd8aa diff --git a/utils/exportfs/exportfs.man b/utils/exportfs/exportfs.man index 2bd8e31..c7b230a 100644 --- a/utils/exportfs/exportfs.man +++ b/utils/exportfs/exportfs.man @@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ The .B exportfs command is used to maintain the current table of exported file systems for NFS. This list is kept in a separate file named -.BR /var/lib/nfs/xtab +.BR /var/lib/nfs/etab which is read by .B mountd when a remote host requests access to mount a file tree, and parts of the list which are active are kept in the kernel's export table. .P Normally this -.B xtab +.B etab file is initialized with the list of all file systems named in .B /etc/exports by invoking @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ In the new mode, does not give any information to the kernel but only provides it to .B mountd through the -.B /var/lib/nfs/xtab +.B /var/lib/nfs/etab file. .B mountd will listen to requests from the kernel and will provide information @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ In the legacy mode, any export requests which identify a specific host (rather than a subnet or netgroup etc) are entered directly into the kernel's export table as well as being written to -.BR /var/lib/nfs/xtab . +.BR /var/lib/nfs/etab . Further, any mount points listed in .B /var/lib/nfs/rmtab which match a non host-specific export request will cause an @@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ file, so that only default options and options given on the command line are used. .TP .B -r -Reexport all directories. It synchronizes /var/lib/nfs/xtab -with /etc/exports. It removes entries in /var/lib/nfs/xtab +Reexport all directories. It synchronizes /var/lib/nfs/etab +with /etc/exports. It removes entries in /var/lib/nfs/etab which are deleted from /etc/exports, and remove any entries from the kernel export table which are no longer valid. .TP @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ entries to the export table. When using all directories in .B exports(5) are added to -.B xtab +.B etab and the resulting list is pushed into the kernel. .P The @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ directory. Modifications of the kernel export table used by .B nfsd(8) take place immediately after parsing the command line and updating the -.B xtab +.B etab file. .P The default export options are @@ -163,15 +163,17 @@ The third synopsis shows how to unexported a currently exported directory. When using .BR "exportfs -ua" , all entries listed in -.B xtab +.B etab are removed from the kernel export tables, and the file is cleared. This effectively shuts down all NFS activity. .P -To remove individual export entries, one can specify a +To remove an export to a host, specify a .I host:/path pair. This deletes the specified entry from -.B xtab +.B etab and removes the corresponding kernel entry (if any). +To remove one or more exports to several hosts, use +.BR "exportfs -ua" . .P .\" -------------------- Dumping the Export Table ----------------- .SS Dumping the Export Table @@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ option, the list of flags pertaining to each export are shown in addition. The following adds all directories listed in .B /etc/exports to -.B /var/lib/nfs/xtab +.B /var/lib/nfs/etab and pushes the resulting export entries into the kernel: .P .nf @@ -196,12 +198,27 @@ and pushes the resulting export entries into the kernel: To export the .B /usr/tmp directory to host -.BR djando , +.BR django , allowing asynchronous writes, one would do this: .P .nf .B "# exportfs -o async django:/usr/tmp .fi +.P +To unexport the +.B /usr/tmp +directory: +.P +.nf +.B "# exportfs -u django:/usr/tmp +.fi +.P +To unexport all the directories listed in +.B /etc/exports: +.P +.nf +.B "# exportfs -au +.fi .\" -------------------- DEPENDENCIES ----------------------------- .SH DEPENDENCIES Exporting to IP networks, DNS and NIS domains does not enable clients