Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 08:57:11 +0200 From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: Kevin McQuiggin <mcquiggi@sfu.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with /etc/exports "-alldirs" Message-ID: <19970724085711.02046@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <199707240331.UAA07637@fraser>; from Kevin McQuiggin <mcquiggi@sfu.ca> on Wed, Jul 23, 1997 at 08:31:56PM -0700 References: <199707240331.UAA07637@fraser>
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On Wed, Jul 23, 1997 at 08:31:56PM -0700, Kevin McQuiggin wrote: > Hi All: > > Please reply by email as well as posting to the group! > > I'm having a dumb problem with mountd. Here's my /etc/exports file: > > /usr/netboot/netbsd -alldirs -maproot=root gort.rfnet.sfu.ca > > When I run "mountd -r" I see the following on the console: > > Jul 23 20:26:18 pokey mountd[368]: Could not remount > /usr/netboot/netbsd: Invalid argument > Jul 23 20:26:18 pokey mountd[368]: Bad exports list line > /usr/netboot/netbsd -alldirs -maproot > > The man page seems to indicate that -alldirs is a valid option. I > need this to allow a swapfile in the exported directory to be > accessible. > > Even just -alldirs by itself gives "invalid argument". I think your /etc/exports line should be: /usr -alldirs -maproot=root gort.rfnet.sfu.ca Is /usr a filesystem? (dumb question, but it might be just a directory in the / fs and then you get this kind of error message) Does /usr/netboot/netbsd exist? > > Help! > > Kevin > > -- > Kevin McQuiggin VE7ZD > mcquiggi@sfu.ca -- --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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