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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:
[..]
> > # You should replace these lines with your actual exported filesystems.
> > /home/business	vorlon
> > /home/resell	vorlon

If business and resell are subdirectories in one filesystem /home,
try instead the following line:
/home/business /home/resell	vorlon
              ^ SPACE          ^ TAB

> > 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
[..]
> 
> 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 
> 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.

Robert