Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 01:00:02 -0700 (PDT) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/1891: mountd fails to export Message-ID: <199610260800.BAA06441@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/1891; it has been noted by GNATS. From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: adam@veda.is Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/1891: mountd fails to export Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 09:39:34 +0200 (MET DST) As Adam David wrote: > if one of the hostnames in /etc/exports is misspelt or fails to > resolve due to a transient failure, the whole line is junked even > when other hosts are specified and available. > >Fix: > > Skip the host instead of skipping immediately to the next line > every time get_host() returns an error. > > or: > > Document that it is a requirement for all hosts in /etc/exports > to be defined in /etc/hosts in order to prevent failed exports to > reachable hosts. > > or: > > Document that it is advisable to separate host lists topologically > into separate lines in /etc/exports I vote for 2 (and 3). (Except, no reference to /etc/hosts, the valid hostname can also come from DNS.) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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