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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: mountd and remount error
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On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, The Unknown User-ID wrote:

>   Given the following /etc/exports:
> 
> mountd|Wed4:44pm} cat /etc/exports
> /usr/export/ -maproot=root -alldirs
> 
>   Why does the following error:
> 
> Oct  9 16:39:28 pseudo mountd[1353]: Could not remount /usr/export/:
> Invalid argument
> Oct  9 16:39:28 pseudo mountd[1353]: Bad exports list line /usr/export/
> -maproot
> 
>   Show up if mountd is started like 'mountd -r'?

Does /usr/export exist?

Also try removing the trailing / in /etc/exports.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major