Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 15:04:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "Sergey Ayukov (mailing lists)" <asv1@crydee.sai.msu.ru> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NFSD limitations? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905041502130.28350-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905032317580.13841-100000@crydee.sai.msu.ru>
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On Mon, 3 May 1999, Sergey Ayukov (mailing lists) wrote: > On Mon, 3 May 1999, Doug White wrote: > > > > 1) I can't export directories which are not local mount point. E.g., I > > > have disk mounted on /vol1 and want to export only /vol1/ftp . Is this > > > possible (if I try to export /vol1/ftp/.1, mountd complains about wrong > > > mount point)? Even worse, I need to export /var/spool for pcnsfd printing, > > > but don't want to export entire /var. In my case, /var is on separate > > > partition. > > > > It can be done. Try using the '-alldirs' flag first; this will let you > > mount /vol1 and any subtree, including /vol1/ftp. > > No, my point was to limit the export. In other words, I don't want to > export entire /var or /vol1, just parts of them (which are not > mountpoints). I think there is a way to do this using overlapping specifications (/usr then /usr/local), but I'm not sure. > > > 2) NFS mount does not seem to go through local filesystems. E.g., I have > > > another disk mounted on /vol1/ftp/.1 and want export of /vol1/ftp to > > > transparently "bleed" through to /vol1/ftp/.1 ? > > > > NFS mounts do not cross mountpoints. You'll have to mount that yourself. > > Pity. That results in two additional drive letters :-( Ugly. This isn't to say you can't mount an NFS partition on top of a mountpoint on another NFS mount. I'd have to test this. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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