Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:22:06 -0500 From: Randy Sofia <rsofia@poly.edu> To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Missing context in handbook Message-ID: <4AF841AE.1030804@poly.edu>
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http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-nfs.html The handbook specifies "The -alldirs flag allows the subdirectories to be mount points. In other words, it will not mount the subdirectories but permit the client to mount only the directories that are required or needed." While this is true, it is not noted in the handbook that it will also allow directories BELOW that directory to be mountable so long as it is part of the same file system. As stated in the man pages: "the -alldirs flag; this form allows the host(s) to mount at any point within the file system, including regular files if the -r option is used on mountd(8)." So for example if my /etc/exports looks like: /home/randy -alldirs 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.3 10.0.0.4 Not only will I be able to mount /home/randy/Desktop but I will also be able to mount /home/boris as well (if /home/randy and /home/boris are on the same file system). --randy
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