X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=nfs-utils.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=utils%2Fexportfs%2Fexports.man;h=7a032bc9609453e3295e84b891c742dc2cfe84a5;hp=97264cdc6511880f69ed3d00a0c092043b1abffd;hb=553caba3865667724291106d919e7c3fdf9534aa;hpb=de8fd61f8e692d5d8207d7c30e8914da05ca122f diff --git a/utils/exportfs/exports.man b/utils/exportfs/exports.man index 97264cd..7a032bc 100644 --- a/utils/exportfs/exports.man +++ b/utils/exportfs/exports.man @@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ parts or those containing a single dash (\-) are ignored. .IP "wildcards Machine names may contain the wildcard characters \fI*\fR and \fI?\fR. This can be used to make the \fIexports\fR file more compact; for instance, -\fI*.cs.foo.edu\fR matches all hosts in the domain \fIcs.foo.edu\fR. However, -these wildcard characters do not match the dots in a domain name, so the -above pattern does not include hosts such as \fIa.b.cs.foo.edu\fR. +\fI*.cs.foo.edu\fR matches all hosts in the domain +\fIcs.foo.edu\fR. As these characters also match the dots in a domain +name, the given pattern will also match all hosts within any subdomain +of \fIcs.foo.edu\fR. .IP "IP networks You can also export directories to all hosts on an IP (sub-) network simultaneously. This is done by specifying an IP address and netmask pair @@ -78,6 +79,11 @@ may work by accident when reverse DNS lookups fail. '''.B \-\-public\-root '''option. Multiple specifications of a public root will be ignored. .PP +.SS RPCSEC_GSS security +To restrict access to an export using rpcsec_gss security, use the special +string "gss/krb5" as the client. It is not possible to simultaneously require +rpcsec_gss and to make requirements on the IP address of the client. +.PP .SS General Options .IR exportfs understands the following export options: @@ -236,6 +242,47 @@ 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