diff --git a/nfs-utils.spec b/nfs-utils.spec
index ac8a586..1b39c50 100644
--- a/nfs-utils.spec
+++ b/nfs-utils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: NFS utlilities and supporting daemons for the kernel NFS server.
 Name: nfs-utils
 Version: 1.0.7
-Release: 2
+Release: 3
 
 # group all 32bit related archs
 %define all_32bit_archs i386 i686 athlon
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ fi
 %config /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfslock
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Mar 19 2005 Steve Dickson <SteveD@RedHat.com> 1.0.7-3
+- Reworked how /etc/exports is setup (bz 151389)
+
 * Wed Mar  2 2005 Steve Dickson <SteveD@RedHat.com> 1.0.7-2
 - Tied the rpcsecgss debugging in with gssd and
   svcgssd debugging
diff --git a/nfs.init b/nfs.init
index 9bf12fe..be44199 100755
--- a/nfs.init
+++ b/nfs.init
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ fi
 [ -x /usr/sbin/exportfs ] || exit 0
 
 # Don't fail if /etc/exports doesn't exist; create a bare-bones version and continue.
-[ -s /etc/exports ] || \
-    { echo "#" > /etc/exports && chmod u+rw,g+r,o+r /etc/exports ; } || \
+[ -r /etc/exports ] || \
+    { touch /etc/exports && chmod u+rw,g+r,o+r /etc/exports ; } || \
     { echo "/etc/exports does not exist" ; exit 0 ; }
 
 # Check for and source configuration file otherwise set defaults