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Date:      Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:50:33 +0000
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
Cc:        "Webster, Andrew" <awebster@connectalk.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: nfs server
Message-ID:  <5A7514E1-126F-411D-9657-24349DCDFAD3@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <fb6605670601060833q67a98248v51f4523e14760ccd@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <9D61D69E3C1F7F459C5513AD830EE2192BC1C6@mtlex01.connectalk.com> <fb6605670601060833q67a98248v51f4523e14760ccd@mail.gmail.com>

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On 6 Jan 2006, at 16:33, Michael P. Soulier wrote:

> On 1/6/06, Webster, Andrew <awebster@connectalk.com> wrote:
>> Michael,
>>
>> If /usr/local/www is not a mount point, this will not work.  You  
>> need to
>> put the mount point (eg: /usr) in /etc/exports, and add the option
>> -alldirs to allow it to mount a subdirectory of the mount point.
>
> It would appear that my configuration was correct in fact, but
> restarting nfsd was not enough. Restarting mountd picked up the new
> config and it's now working.

Yep, it's mountd that reads /etc/exports.  If you change that file in  
future, you just need to restart mountd and not nfsd.

Ceri



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