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32.\"     @(#)exports.5	8.3 (Berkeley) 3/29/95
33.\"	$Id: exports.5,v 1.5 1997/03/12 15:08:06 mpp Exp $
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35.Dd March 29, 1995
36.Dt EXPORTS 5
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm exports
40.Nd define remote mount points for
41.Tn NFS
42mount requests
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm exports
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm exports
48file specifies remote mount points for the
49.Tn NFS
50mount protocol per the
51.Tn NFS
52server specification; see
53.%T "Network File System Protocol Specification \\*(tNRFC\\*(sP 1094, Appendix A"
54and
55.%T "NFS: Network File System Version 3 Specification, Appendix I" .
56.Pp
57Each line in the file
58(other than comment lines that begin with a #)
59specifies the mount point(s) and export flags within one local server
60filesystem for one or more hosts.
61A host may be specified only once for each local filesystem on the
62server and there may be only one default entry for each server
63filesystem that applies to all other hosts.
64The latter exports the filesystem to the ``world'' and should
65be used only when the filesystem contains public information.
66.Pp
67In a mount entry,
68the first field(s) specify the directory path(s) within a server filesystem
69that can be mounted on by the corresponding client(s).
70There are two forms of this specification.
71The first is to list all mount points as absolute
72directory paths separated by whitespace.
73The second is to specify the pathname of the root of the filesystem
74followed by the
75.Fl alldirs
76flag;
77this form allows the host(s) to mount at any point within the filesystem,
78including regular files if the
79.Fl r
80option is used on mountd.
81The pathnames must not have any symbolic links in them and should not have
82any "." or ".." components.
83Mount points for a filesystem may appear on multiple lines each with
84different sets of hosts and export options.
85.Pp
86The second component of a line specifies how the filesystem is to be
87exported to the host set.
88The option flags specify whether the filesystem
89is exported read-only or read-write and how the client uid is mapped to
90user credentials on the server.
91.Pp
92Export options are specified as follows:
93.Pp
94.Sm off
95.Fl maproot No = Sy user
96.Sm on
97The credential of the specified user is used for remote access by root.
98The credential includes all the groups to which the user is a member
99on the local machine (see
100.Xr id 1 ).
101The user may be specified by name or number.
102.Pp
103.Sm off
104.Fl maproot No = Sy user:group1:group2:...
105.Sm on
106The colon separated list is used to specify the precise credential
107to be used for remote access by root.
108The elements of the list may be either names or numbers.
109Note that user: should be used to distinguish a credential containing
110no groups from a complete credential for that user.
111.Pp
112.Sm off
113.Fl mapall No = Sy user
114.Sm on
115or
116.Sm off
117.Fl mapall No = Sy user:group1:group2:...
118.Sm on
119specifies a mapping for all client uids (including root)
120using the same semantics as
121.Fl maproot .
122.Pp
123The option
124.Fl r
125is a synonym for
126.Fl maproot
127in an effort to be backward compatible with older export file formats.
128.Pp
129In the absence of
130.Fl maproot
131and
132.Fl mapall
133options, remote accesses by root will result in using a credential of -2:-2.
134All other users will be mapped to their remote credential.
135If a
136.Fl maproot
137option is given,
138remote access by root will be mapped to that credential instead of -2:-2.
139If a
140.Fl mapall
141option is given,
142all users (including root) will be mapped to that credential in
143place of their own.
144.Pp
145The
146.Fl kerb
147option specifies that the Kerberos authentication server should be
148used to authenticate and map client credentials.
149This option requires that the kernel be built with the NFSKERB option.
150.Pp
151The
152.Fl ro
153option specifies that the filesystem should be exported read-only
154(default read/write).
155The option
156.Fl o
157is a synonym for
158.Fl ro
159in an effort to be backward compatible with older export file formats.
160.Pp
161WebNFS exports strictly according to the spec (RFC 2054 and RFC 2055) can
162be done with the
163.Fl public
164flag. However, this flag in itself allows r/w access to all files in
165the filesystem, not requiring reserved ports and not remapping uids. It
166is only provided to conform to the spec, and should normally not be used.
167For a WebNFS export,
168use the
169.Fl webnfs
170flag, which implies
171.Fl public ,
172.Sm off
173.Fl mapall No = Sy nobody
174.Sm on
175and
176.Fl ro .
177.Pp
178A
179.Sm off
180.Fl index No = Sy file
181.Sm off
182option can be used to specify a file whose handle will be returned if
183a directory is looked up using the public filehandle (WebNFS). This
184is to mimic the behavior of URLs. If no
185.Fl index
186option is specified, a directory filehandle will be returned as usual.
187The
188.Fl index
189option only makes sense in combination with the
190.Fl public
191or
192.Fl webnfs
193flags.
194.Pp
195The third component of a line specifies the host set to which the line applies.
196The set may be specified in three ways.
197The first way is to list the host name(s) separated by white space.
198(Standard internet ``dot'' addresses may be used in place of names.)
199The second way is to specify a ``netgroup'' as defined in the netgroup file (see
200.Xr netgroup 5 ).
201The third way is to specify an internet subnetwork using a network and
202network mask that is defined as the set of all hosts with addresses within
203the subnetwork.
204This latter approach requires less overhead within the
205kernel and is recommended for cases where the export line refers to a
206large number of clients within an administrative subnet.
207.Pp
208The first two cases are specified by simply listing the name(s) separated
209by whitespace.
210All names are checked to see if they are ``netgroup'' names
211first and are assumed to be hostnames otherwise.
212Using the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
213circumvent the problem of a host that has the same name as a netgroup.
214The third case is specified by the flag
215.Sm off
216.Fl network No = Sy netname
217.Sm on
218and optionally
219.Sm off
220.Fl mask No = Sy netmask .
221.Sm on
222If the mask is not specified, it will default to the mask for that network
223class (A, B or C; see
224.Xr inet 4 ).
225.Pp
226For example:
227.Bd -literal -offset indent
228/usr /usr/local -maproot=0:10 friends
229/usr -maproot=daemon grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca 131.104.48.16
230/usr -ro -mapall=nobody
231/u -maproot=bin: -network 131.104.48 -mask 255.255.255.0
232/u2 -maproot=root friends
233/u2 -alldirs -kerb -network cis-net -mask cis-mask
234.Ed
235.Pp
236Given that
237.Sy /usr ,
238.Sy /u
239and
240.Sy /u2
241are
242local filesystem mount points, the above example specifies the following:
243.Sy /usr
244is exported to hosts
245.Em friends
246where friends is specified in the netgroup file
247with users mapped to their remote credentials and
248root mapped to uid 0 and group 10.
249It is exported read-write and the hosts in ``friends'' can mount either /usr
250or /usr/local.
251It is exported to
252.Em 131.104.48.16
253and
254.Em grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca
255with users mapped to their remote credentials and
256root mapped to the user and groups associated with ``daemon'';
257it is exported to the rest of the world as read-only with
258all users mapped to the user and groups associated with ``nobody''.
259.Pp
260.Sy /u
261is exported to all hosts on the subnetwork
262.Em 131.104.48
263with root mapped to the uid for ``bin'' and with no group access.
264.Pp
265.Sy /u2
266is exported to the hosts in ``friends'' with root mapped to uid and groups
267associated with ``root'';
268it is exported to all hosts on network ``cis-net'' allowing mounts at any
269directory within /u2 and mapping all uids to credentials for the principal
270that is authenticated by a Kerberos ticket.
271.Sh FILES
272.Bl -tag -width /etc/exports -compact
273.It Pa /etc/exports
274The default remote mount-point file.
275.El
276.Sh SEE ALSO
277.Xr netgroup 5 ,
278.Xr mountd 8 ,
279.Xr nfsd 8 ,
280.Xr showmount 8
281.Sh BUGS
282The export options are tied to the local mount points in the kernel and
283must be non-contradictory for any exported subdirectory of the local
284server mount point.
285It is recommended that all exported directories within the same server
286filesystem be specified on adjacent lines going down the tree.
287You cannot specify a hostname that is also the name of a netgroup.
288Specifying the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
289circumvent the problem.
290