From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 9 12:45:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA05031 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 9 Jan 1996 12:45:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA05023 for ; Tue, 9 Jan 1996 12:45:31 -0800 (PST) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA03495; Tue, 9 Jan 1996 15:45:20 -0500 Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 15:45:20 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9601092045.AA03495@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: David Hedley Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: NFS exporting... In-Reply-To: <15419.821207468@danno> References: <15419.821207468@danno> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk < said: > Why does mountd require that only file system mount points can be > NFS-exported? It seems to want to change some file system flags to reflect > the fact that it is now exportable, but it's a bit of an annoying > restriction. Is there some other reason for this behaviour? Yes. Security. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant