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32.\"     @(#)exports.5	8.3 (Berkeley) 3/29/95
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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
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
81.Xr mountd 8 .
82The pathnames must not have any symbolic links in them and should not have
83any "." or ".." components.
84Mount points for a filesystem may appear on multiple lines each with
85different sets of hosts and export options.
86.Pp
87The second component of a line specifies how the filesystem is to be
88exported to the host set.
89The option flags specify whether the filesystem
90is exported read-only or read-write and how the client uid is mapped to
91user credentials on the server.
92.Pp
93Export options are specified as follows:
94.Pp
95.Sm off
96.Fl maproot No = Sy user
97.Sm on
98The credential of the specified user is used for remote access by root.
99The credential includes all the groups to which the user is a member
100on the local machine (see
101.Xr id 1 ).
102The user may be specified by name or number.
103.Pp
104.Sm off
105.Fl maproot No = Sy user:group1:group2:...
106.Sm on
107The colon separated list is used to specify the precise credential
108to be used for remote access by root.
109The elements of the list may be either names or numbers.
110Note that user: should be used to distinguish a credential containing
111no groups from a complete credential for that user.
112.Pp
113.Sm off
114.Fl mapall No = Sy user
115.Sm on
116or
117.Sm off
118.Fl mapall No = Sy user:group1:group2:...
119.Sm on
120specifies a mapping for all client uids (including root)
121using the same semantics as
122.Fl maproot .
123.Pp
124The option
125.Fl r
126is a synonym for
127.Fl maproot
128in an effort to be backward compatible with older export file formats.
129.Pp
130In the absence of
131.Fl maproot
132and
133.Fl mapall
134options, remote accesses by root will result in using a credential of -2:-2.
135All other users will be mapped to their remote credential.
136If a
137.Fl maproot
138option is given,
139remote access by root will be mapped to that credential instead of -2:-2.
140If a
141.Fl mapall
142option is given,
143all users (including root) will be mapped to that credential in
144place of their own.
145.Pp
146The
147.Fl kerb
148option specifies that the Kerberos authentication server should be
149used to authenticate and map client credentials.
150This option requires that the kernel be built with the NFSKERB option.
151.Pp
152The
153.Fl ro
154option specifies that the filesystem should be exported read-only
155(default read/write).
156The option
157.Fl o
158is a synonym for
159.Fl ro
160in an effort to be backward compatible with older export file formats.
161.Pp
162.Tn WebNFS
163exports strictly according to the spec (RFC 2054 and RFC 2055) can
164be done with the
165.Fl public
166flag. However, this flag in itself allows r/w access to all files in
167the filesystem, not requiring reserved ports and not remapping uids. It
168is only provided to conform to the spec, and should normally not be used.
169For a
170.Tn WebNFS
171export,
172use the
173.Fl webnfs
174flag, which implies
175.Fl public ,
176.Sm off
177.Fl mapall No = Sy nobody
178.Sm on
179and
180.Fl ro .
181.Pp
182A
183.Sm off
184.Fl index No = Sy file
185.Sm on
186option can be used to specify a file whose handle will be returned if
187a directory is looked up using the public filehandle (
188.Tn WebNFS Ns ).
189This is to mimic the behavior of URLs. If no
190.Fl index
191option is specified, a directory filehandle will be returned as usual.
192The
193.Fl index
194option only makes sense in combination with the
195.Fl public
196or
197.Fl webnfs
198flags.
199.Pp
200The third component of a line specifies the host set to which the line applies.
201The set may be specified in three ways.
202The first way is to list the host name(s) separated by white space.
203(Standard Internet ``dot'' addresses may be used in place of names.)
204The second way is to specify a ``netgroup'' as defined in the netgroup file (see
205.Xr netgroup 5 ).
206The third way is to specify an Internet subnetwork using a network and
207network mask that is defined as the set of all hosts with addresses within
208the subnetwork.
209This latter approach requires less overhead within the
210kernel and is recommended for cases where the export line refers to a
211large number of clients within an administrative subnet.
212.Pp
213The first two cases are specified by simply listing the name(s) separated
214by whitespace.
215All names are checked to see if they are ``netgroup'' names
216first and are assumed to be hostnames otherwise.
217Using the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
218circumvent the problem of a host that has the same name as a netgroup.
219The third case is specified by the flag
220.Sm off
221.Fl network No = Sy netname
222.Sm on
223and optionally
224.Sm off
225.Fl mask No = Sy netmask .
226.Sm on
227If the mask is not specified, it will default to the mask for that network
228class (A, B or C; see
229.Xr inet 4 ).
230.Pp
231For example:
232.Bd -literal -offset indent
233/usr /usr/local -maproot=0:10 friends
234/usr -maproot=daemon grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca 131.104.48.16
235/usr -ro -mapall=nobody
236/u -maproot=bin: -network 131.104.48 -mask 255.255.255.0
237/u2 -maproot=root friends
238/u2 -alldirs -kerb -network cis-net -mask cis-mask
239.Ed
240.Pp
241Given that
242.Sy /usr ,
243.Sy /u
244and
245.Sy /u2
246are
247local filesystem mount points, the above example specifies the following:
248.Sy /usr
249is exported to hosts
250.Em friends
251where friends is specified in the netgroup file
252with users mapped to their remote credentials and
253root mapped to uid 0 and group 10.
254It is exported read-write and the hosts in ``friends'' can mount either /usr
255or /usr/local.
256It is exported to
257.Em 131.104.48.16
258and
259.Em grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca
260with users mapped to their remote credentials and
261root mapped to the user and groups associated with ``daemon'';
262it is exported to the rest of the world as read-only with
263all users mapped to the user and groups associated with ``nobody''.
264.Pp
265.Sy /u
266is exported to all hosts on the subnetwork
267.Em 131.104.48
268with root mapped to the uid for ``bin'' and with no group access.
269.Pp
270.Sy /u2
271is exported to the hosts in ``friends'' with root mapped to uid and groups
272associated with ``root'';
273it is exported to all hosts on network ``cis-net'' allowing mounts at any
274directory within /u2 and mapping all uids to credentials for the principal
275that is authenticated by a Kerberos ticket.
276.Sh FILES
277.Bl -tag -width /etc/exports -compact
278.It Pa /etc/exports
279the default remote mount-point file
280.El
281.Sh SEE ALSO
282.Xr netgroup 5 ,
283.Xr mountd 8 ,
284.Xr nfsd 8 ,
285.Xr showmount 8
286.Sh BUGS
287The export options are tied to the local mount points in the kernel and
288must be non-contradictory for any exported subdirectory of the local
289server mount point.
290It is recommended that all exported directories within the same server
291filesystem be specified on adjacent lines going down the tree.
292You cannot specify a hostname that is also the name of a netgroup.
293Specifying the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
294circumvent the problem.
295