From: Steve Dickson Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:33:44 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Updated exportfs man to talk about /var/lib/nfs/etab X-Git-Tag: nfs-utils-1-1-3~57 X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=nfs-utils.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=fa29d7a9a3d8a72b79924d28813eef7e55a25bc9 Updated exportfs man to talk about /var/lib/nfs/etab instead of /var/lib/nfs/xtab Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson --- diff --git a/utils/exportfs/exportfs.man b/utils/exportfs/exportfs.man index 59789cc..a8fdb05 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in /var/lib/nfs/etab which are deleted from /etc/exports, and remove any entries from the kernel export table which are no longer valid.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 @@ -163,14 +163,14 @@ 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 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" .