Date: Fri, 04 Aug 1995 18:40:12 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Thomas Graichen <graichen@sirius.physik.fu-berlin.de> Cc: bugs@freebsd.org, wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu, petri@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de Subject: Re: /etc/exports & nis/yp netgroups Message-ID: <15244.807586812@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Aug 1995 21:20:42 %2B0200." <9508041920.AA06916@sirius.physik.fu-berlin.de>
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> --- exports.5.org Tue Jun 27 16:02:00 1995 > +++ exports.5 Fri Aug 4 21:17:06 1995 > @@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ > The first two cases are specified by simply listing the name(s) separated > by whitespace. > All names are checked to see if they are ``netgroup'' names > -first and are assumed to be hostnames otherwise. > +first (this requires a "+" in the /etc/netgroup file on a nis client) > +and are assumed to be hostnames otherwise. Uh. I think this needs to be worded a little better than that.. _Where_ in the /etc/netgroup file? :-) Seriously, if we're going to add documentation then we might as well make sure that what we add is very explicit about things. Vague documentation has a very short shelf-life! Jordan
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