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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                               
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