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32.\"     @(#)exports.5	8.3 (Berkeley) 3/29/95
33.\"	$Id: exports.5,v 1.6 1997/07/16 09:27:50 dfr 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
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
161.Tn WebNFS
162exports strictly according to the spec (RFC 2054 and RFC 2055) can
163be done with the
164.Fl public
165flag. However, this flag in itself allows r/w access to all files in
166the filesystem, not requiring reserved ports and not remapping uids. It
167is only provided to conform to the spec, and should normally not be used.
168For a
169.Tn WebNFS
170export,
171use the
172.Fl webnfs
173flag, which implies
174.Fl public ,
175.Sm off
176.Fl mapall No = Sy nobody
177.Sm on
178and
179.Fl ro .
180.Pp
181A
182.Sm off
183.Fl index No = Sy file
184.Sm on
185option can be used to specify a file whose handle will be returned if
186a directory is looked up using the public filehandle (
187.Tn WebNFS Ns ).
188This is to mimic the behavior of URLs. If no
189.Fl index
190option is specified, a directory filehandle will be returned as usual.
191The
192.Fl index
193option only makes sense in combination with the
194.Fl public
195or
196.Fl webnfs
197flags.
198.Pp
199The third component of a line specifies the host set to which the line applies.
200The set may be specified in three ways.
201The first way is to list the host name(s) separated by white space.
202(Standard Internet ``dot'' addresses may be used in place of names.)
203The second way is to specify a ``netgroup'' as defined in the netgroup file (see
204.Xr netgroup 5 ).
205The third way is to specify an Internet subnetwork using a network and
206network mask that is defined as the set of all hosts with addresses within
207the subnetwork.
208This latter approach requires less overhead within the
209kernel and is recommended for cases where the export line refers to a
210large number of clients within an administrative subnet.
211.Pp
212The first two cases are specified by simply listing the name(s) separated
213by whitespace.
214All names are checked to see if they are ``netgroup'' names
215first and are assumed to be hostnames otherwise.
216Using the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
217circumvent the problem of a host that has the same name as a netgroup.
218The third case is specified by the flag
219.Sm off
220.Fl network No = Sy netname
221.Sm on
222and optionally
223.Sm off
224.Fl mask No = Sy netmask .
225.Sm on
226If the mask is not specified, it will default to the mask for that network
227class (A, B or C; see
228.Xr inet 4 ).
229.Pp
230For example:
231.Bd -literal -offset indent
232/usr /usr/local -maproot=0:10 friends
233/usr -maproot=daemon grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca 131.104.48.16
234/usr -ro -mapall=nobody
235/u -maproot=bin: -network 131.104.48 -mask 255.255.255.0
236/u2 -maproot=root friends
237/u2 -alldirs -kerb -network cis-net -mask cis-mask
238.Ed
239.Pp
240Given that
241.Sy /usr ,
242.Sy /u
243and
244.Sy /u2
245are
246local filesystem mount points, the above example specifies the following:
247.Sy /usr
248is exported to hosts
249.Em friends
250where friends is specified in the netgroup file
251with users mapped to their remote credentials and
252root mapped to uid 0 and group 10.
253It is exported read-write and the hosts in ``friends'' can mount either /usr
254or /usr/local.
255It is exported to
256.Em 131.104.48.16
257and
258.Em grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca
259with users mapped to their remote credentials and
260root mapped to the user and groups associated with ``daemon'';
261it is exported to the rest of the world as read-only with
262all users mapped to the user and groups associated with ``nobody''.
263.Pp
264.Sy /u
265is exported to all hosts on the subnetwork
266.Em 131.104.48
267with root mapped to the uid for ``bin'' and with no group access.
268.Pp
269.Sy /u2
270is exported to the hosts in ``friends'' with root mapped to uid and groups
271associated with ``root'';
272it is exported to all hosts on network ``cis-net'' allowing mounts at any
273directory within /u2 and mapping all uids to credentials for the principal
274that is authenticated by a Kerberos ticket.
275.Sh FILES
276.Bl -tag -width /etc/exports -compact
277.It Pa /etc/exports
278the default remote mount-point file
279.El
280.Sh SEE ALSO
281.Xr netgroup 5 ,
282.Xr mountd 8 ,
283.Xr nfsd 8 ,
284.Xr showmount 8
285.Sh BUGS
286The export options are tied to the local mount points in the kernel and
287must be non-contradictory for any exported subdirectory of the local
288server mount point.
289It is recommended that all exported directories within the same server
290filesystem be specified on adjacent lines going down the tree.
291You cannot specify a hostname that is also the name of a netgroup.
292Specifying the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
293circumvent the problem.
294