X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=nfs-utils.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=utils%2Fexportfs%2Fexports.man;h=034a896225e09c84001e9365b941397b54350306;hp=7ab7640da1350b8f8b6733c007135fb13d639abe;hb=7b8b7f8f47892f38432fda434ea8d84fa87a9360;hpb=617f2d4dad0525eb63ddb44b2f33d041f45578cb diff --git a/utils/exportfs/exports.man b/utils/exportfs/exports.man index 7ab7640..034a896 100644 --- a/utils/exportfs/exports.man +++ b/utils/exportfs/exports.man @@ -237,6 +237,47 @@ or '''.TP '''.IR link_absolute '''Leave all symbolic link as they are. This is the default operation. + +.TP +.IR mountpoint= path +.TP +.I mp +This option makes it possible to only export a directory if it has +successfully been mounted. +If no path is given (e.g. +.IR mountpoint " or " mp ) +then the export point must also be a mount point. If it isn't then +the export point is not exported. This allows you to be sure that the +directory underneath a mountpoint will never be exported by accident +if, for example, the filesystem failed to mount due to a disc error. + +If a path is given (e.g. +.IR mountpoint= "/path or " mp= /path) +then the nominted path must be a mountpoint for the exportpoint to be +exported. + +.TP +.IR fsid= num +This option forces the filesystem identification portion of the file +handle and file attributes used on the wire to be +.I num +instead of a number derived from the major and minor number of the +block device on which the filesystem is mounted. Any 32 bit number +can be used, but it must be unique amongst all the exported filesystems. + +This can be useful for NFS failover, to ensure that both servers of +the failover pair use the same NFS file handles for the shared filesystem +thus avoiding stale file handles after failover. + +Some Linux filesystems are not mounted on a block device; exporting +these via NFS requires the use of the +.I fsid +option (although that may still not be enough). + +The value 0 has a special meaning when use with NFSv4. NFSv4 has a +concept of a root of the overall exported filesystem. The export point +exported with fsid=0 will be used as this root. + .SS User ID Mapping .PP .I nfsd