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To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
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Subject: Re: mountd and remount error 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 11 Oct 1996 19:49:03 PDT."
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Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 18:15:54 CDT
From: Kent Vander Velden <graphix@iastate.edu>
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In message <Pine.BSI.3.94.961011194829.232J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>, dwhite@gdi
.uoregon.edu writes:
>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?

  Yes.

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

  Same problem with or without.

  I do not have this problem if I do not use -r or I use -r with a
directory that lives on /.

  Thanks.

---
Kent Vander Velden
graphix@iastate.edu