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From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: Re: NFS problems with 960801-SNAP
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> 
> 
> On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, Neal Westfall wrote:
> 
> > I am having trouble getting mountd to read my exports file
> > properly, and I don't have a clue what is wrong with it.
> > 
> > Here is my exports file:
> > 
> > #The following examples export /usr to 3 machines named after ducks,
> > #/home and all directories under it to machines named after dead rock stars
> > #and, finally, /a to 2 privileged machines allowed to write on it as root.
> > #/usr                huey louie dewie
> > #/home   -alldirs    janice jimmy frank
> > #/a      -maproot=0  bill albert
> > #
> > # You should replace these lines with your actual exported filesystems.
> > /home/business	vorlon
> > /home/resell	vorlon
> > 
> > But mountd always complains with this:
> > 
> > Sep 27 17:41:22 narn mountd[83]: Can't change attributes for /home/resell. 
> > Sep 27 17:41:22 narn mountd[83]: Bad exports list line /home/resell	vorlon
> > Sep 27 17:42:01 narn mountd[83]: Can't change attributes for /home/resell. 
> > Sep 27 17:42:01 narn mountd[83]: Bad exports list line /home/resell	vorlon
> > Sep 27 17:42:31 narn mountd[83]: Can't change attributes for /home/resell. 
> > Sep 27 17:42:31 narn mountd[83]: Bad exports list line /home/resell	vorlon
> > Sep 27 17:42:46 narn mountd[83]: Can't change attributes for /home/resell. 
> > Sep 27 17:42:46 narn mountd[83]: Bad exports list line /home/resell	vorlon
> > 
> > Any ideas what is wrong?  Help is appreciated.
> 
> Isn't it possible that there is only the /home filesystem and the 
> /home/business and /home/resell are not separate filesystems but just 
> subdirectories? If so, the command above "seems" (I have not tested) to 

No. This is ok when you say -alldirs.

My guess: Do you eventually have TAB characters in your exports file?

> export /home - and with the second line, you are instructing it to 
> reexport it. It would be real good if you could export any directory
> you like and be not limited to mountpoints, as the situation seems to be.
> 
> 	Sander
> 
> > 
> > Neal Westfall
> > nwestfal@odc.net
> > 
> > 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de