NAME

exports − NFS file systems being exported

SYNOPSIS

/etc/exports

DESCRIPTION

The file /etc/exports describes the file systems which are being exported to NFS clients.  It is created by the system administrator using a text editor and processed by the mount request daemon mountd(1M) each time a mount request is received.

The file consists of a list of file systems and machine names allowed to remote mount each file system.  The file system names are left justified and followed by a list of names separated by white space.  The names will be looked up in /etc/hosts. A file system name with no name list following means export to everyone. A “#” anywhere in the file indicates a comment extending to the end of the line it appears on. Lines beginning with white space are continuation lines.

EXAMPLE

/usr       clients# export to my clients
/usr/local# export to the world
/usr2      phoenix sun sundae# export to only these machines

FILES

/etc/exports

BUGS

The identification of the remote system is dependent on the local network transport mechanism employed. 

SEE ALSO

mountd(1M)

September 02, 1992