nfs-utils/nfs-utils-1.1.0-exportfs-man-update.patch

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commit fa29d7a9a3d8a72b79924d28813eef7e55a25bc9
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Author: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
2008-03-25 19:05:56 +00:00
Date: Tue Mar 18 09:33:44 2008 -0400
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Updated exportfs man to talk about /var/lib/nfs/etab
instead of /var/lib/nfs/xtab
Signed-off-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>
diff --git a/utils/exportfs/exportfs.man b/utils/exportfs/exportfs.man
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index 59789cc..a8fdb05 100644
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--- a/utils/exportfs/exportfs.man
+++ b/utils/exportfs/exportfs.man
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ The
.B exportfs
command is used to maintain the current table of exported file systems for
NFS. This list is kept in a separate file named
-.BR /var/lib/nfs/xtab
+.BR /var/lib/nfs/etab
which is read by
.B mountd
when a remote host requests access to mount a file tree, and parts of
the list which are active are kept in the kernel's export table.
.P
Normally this
-.B xtab
+.B etab
file is initialized with the list of all file systems named in
.B /etc/exports
by invoking
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ In the new mode,
does not give any information to the kernel but only provides it to
.B mountd
through the
-.B /var/lib/nfs/xtab
+.B /var/lib/nfs/etab
file.
.B mountd
will listen to requests from the kernel and will provide information
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ In the legacy mode,
any export requests which identify a specific host (rather than a
subnet or netgroup etc) are entered directly into the kernel's export
table as well as being written to
-.BR /var/lib/nfs/xtab .
+.BR /var/lib/nfs/etab .
Further, any mount points listed in
.B /var/lib/nfs/rmtab
which match a non host-specific export request will cause an
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ file, so that only default options and options given on the command
line are used.
.TP
.B -r
-Reexport all directories. It synchronizes /var/lib/nfs/xtab
-with /etc/exports. It removes entries in /var/lib/nfs/xtab
+Reexport all directories. It synchronizes /var/lib/nfs/etab
+with /etc/exports. It removes entries in /var/lib/nfs/etab
which are deleted from /etc/exports, and remove any entries from the
kernel export table which are no longer valid.
.TP
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ entries to the export table. When using
all directories in
.B exports(5)
are added to
-.B xtab
+.B etab
and the resulting list is pushed into the kernel.
.P
The
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ directory.
Modifications of the kernel export table used by
.B nfsd(8)
take place immediately after parsing the command line and updating the
-.B xtab
+.B etab
file.
.P
The default export options are
@@ -163,14 +163,14 @@ The third synopsis shows how to unexported a currently exported directory.
When using
.BR "exportfs -ua" ,
all entries listed in
-.B xtab
+.B etab
are removed from the kernel export tables, and the file is cleared. This
effectively shuts down all NFS activity.
.P
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To remove an export to a host, specify a
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.I host:/path
pair. This deletes the specified entry from
-.B xtab
+.B etab
and removes the corresponding kernel entry (if any).
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To remove one or more exports to several hosts, use
.BR "exportfs -ua" .