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

	* utils/exportfs/exports.man: Emphasize the need for options to
	immediately follow client names.  Explain that wildcards don't
	usually work on addresses, but may work when reverse DNS fails.
	* utils/mountd/mountd.man, utils/rquotad/rquotad.man,
	utils/statd/statd.man: Remove refs to non-existent "hosts_allow(5)".
	* debian/changelog: Version 0.3.3-6.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bdd0917acd0164737ffef2a92f6283568f53cc33..695b7be5c0fa1a6d2afccce7f30b986faba2b796 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2001-12-26  Chip Salzenberg  <chip@pobox.com>
+
+       * utils/exportfs/exports.man: Emphasize the need for options to
+       immediately follow client names.  Explain that wildcards don't
+       usually work on addresses, but may work when reverse DNS fails.
+       * utils/mountd/mountd.man, utils/rquotad/rquotad.man,
+       utils/statd/statd.man: Remove refs to non-existent "hosts_allow(5)".
+       * debian/changelog: Version 0.3.3-6.
+

 2001-12-20  NeilBrown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
 
        * support/export/client.c(client_lookup): If a host has multiple
 2001-12-20  NeilBrown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
 
        * support/export/client.c(client_lookup): If a host has multiple

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0000c0ef6c4f951cb387d585b3d8141e2a320e18..e4df9a239983a5abab32ba1af6b2ef06f95da98e 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+nfs-utils (1:0.3.3-6) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Upstream fixes:
+    > Ignore case when comparing host names.
+    > Use all addresses of multi-homed hosts in export processing.
+    > When reading /proc/fs/nfs/exports, assume noasync and nowgather;
+      older kernels did so, while newer kernels report them explicitly.
+    > Remove man page refs to "hosts_allow(5)".  (closes: #122540)
+    > In exports.5: Emphasize the need for options to immediately follow
+      client names.  Explain that wildcards don't usually work on addresses,
+      but may work when reverse DNS fails. (closes: #118040, #116039)
+
+ --
+

 nfs-utils (1:0.3.3-5) unstable; urgency=high
 
   * Keep NFS fully operational during upgrade.  (closes: #76544)
 nfs-utils (1:0.3.3-5) unstable; urgency=high
 
   * Keep NFS fully operational during upgrade.  (closes: #76544)

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

diff --git a/utils/mountd/mountd.man b/utils/mountd/mountd.man
index f529ec1ad30a3e7e2f91bc32375eadd85f110c93..57808139e13155c42df0a9fa62bf56baa3d91ae0 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/mountd/mountd.man
+++ b/utils/mountd/mountd.man
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ You have to use the daemon name
 for the daemon name (even if the binary has a different name).
 
 For further information please have a look at the
 for the daemon name (even if the binary has a different name).
 
 For further information please have a look at the

-.BR tcpd (8),
-.BR hosts_allow (5)
+.BR tcpd (8)

 and
 .BR hosts_access (5)
 manual pages.
 and
 .BR hosts_access (5)
 manual pages.

diff --git a/utils/rquotad/rquotad.man b/utils/rquotad/rquotad.man
index 89774f20c432a0e21adef86fcaf29e67c78553df..a9a1f74a59134b252bbca699b88e2fdfa784bc93 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/rquotad/rquotad.man
+++ b/utils/rquotad/rquotad.man
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ You have to use the daemon name
 for the daemon name (even if the binary has a different name).
 
 For further information please have a look at the
 for the daemon name (even if the binary has a different name).
 
 For further information please have a look at the

-.BR tcpd (8),
-.BR hosts_allow (5)
+.BR tcpd (8)

 and
 .BR hosts_access (5)
 manual pages.
 and
 .BR hosts_access (5)
 manual pages.

diff --git a/utils/statd/statd.man b/utils/statd/statd.man
index b8467fee1542153b6f52761c55556359b9341e44..dbe8be1db5911c069426743dc36657dfc9c6289d 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/statd/statd.man
+++ b/utils/statd/statd.man
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ You have to use the daemon name
 for the daemon name (even if the binary has a different name).
 
 For further information please have a look at the
 for the daemon name (even if the binary has a different name).
 
 For further information please have a look at the

-.BR tcpd (8),
-.BR hosts_allow (5)
+.BR tcpd (8)

 and
 .BR hosts_access (5)
 manual pages.
 and
 .BR hosts_access (5)
 manual pages.