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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 08:57:11 +0200
From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To: Kevin McQuiggin <mcquiggi@sfu.ca>
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Subject: Re: Problem with /etc/exports "-alldirs"
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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