From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 12 16:43:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA13387 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 12 Oct 1996 16:43:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de [134.147.6.16]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA13370 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 1996 16:42:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from roberte@localhost) by ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA00584; Sun, 13 Oct 1996 01:40:16 +0200 (MET DST) From: Robert Eckardt Message-Id: <199610122340.BAA00584@ghost.mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Subject: Re: mountd and remount error In-Reply-To: <9610122315.AA07111@spiff.cc.iastate.edu> from Kent Vander Velden at "12. Oct. 96 18:12:58" To: graphix@iastate.edu (Kent Vander Velden) Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 01:40:15 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL25 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> 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. Is it empty ? Try putting a file or dir in. > >Also try removing the trailing / in /etc/exports. > > Same problem with or without. -- Robert Eckardt \\ FreeBSD -- solutions for a large universe.(tm) RobertE@MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de \\ What do you want to boot tomorrow ?(tm) http://WWW.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de/~roberte For PGP-key finger roberte@gluon.MEP.Ruhr-Uni-Bochum.de