From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Apr 22 0:40: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BA1D37B725 for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2000 00:40:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id AAA99712; Sat, 22 Apr 2000 00:40:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mirriwinni.cse.rmit.edu.au (pm.cse.rmit.edu.au [131.170.118.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E94F037B6BF for ; Sat, 22 Apr 2000 00:30:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phillip@mirriwinni.cse.rmit.edu.au) Received: (from phillip@localhost) by mirriwinni.cse.rmit.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA39277; Sat, 22 Apr 2000 17:30:41 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from phillip) Message-Id: <200004220730.RAA39277@mirriwinni.cse.rmit.edu.au> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 17:30:41 +1000 (EST) From: Phillip Musumeci Reply-To: phillip@mirriwinni.cse.rmit.edu.au To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: conf/18152: Improvement to sample/default /etc/exports file Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 18152 >Category: conf >Synopsis: /etc/exports should suggest how to get mountd to reread it >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Apr 22 00:40:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Phillip Musumeci >Release: FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE i386 >Organization: RMIT Comp Sys Eng Dept. >Environment: Any FreeBSD system that is an NFS server >Description: New users configuring systems find it tricky to identify which task to signal in order to have their /etc/exports file reread. >How-To-Repeat: - >Fix: I suggest we prepend the default /etc/exports file with something like # # After applying changes to the /etc/exports file, issue command # # kill -SIGHUP `cat /var/run/mountd.pid` # # to update exports known by the nfsd server tasks. See also "man mountd". # # (If you have not enabled NFS serving, revisit the system admin tool or # edit /etc/rc.conf, and then reboot or start nfsd manually). # Thanks, Phillip. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message