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32.\"     @(#)exports.5	8.2 (Berkeley) 1/28/94
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34.Dd January 28, 1994
35.Dt EXPORTS 5
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm exports
39.Nd define remote mount points for
40.Tn NFS
41mount requests
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm exports
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Nm exports
47file specifies remote mount points for the
48.Tn NFS
49mount protocol per the
50.Tn NFS
51server specification; see
52.%T "Network File System Protocol Specification \\*(tNRFC\\*(sP 1094, Appendix A" .
53.Pp
54Each line in the file
55(other than comment lines that begin with a #)
56specifies the mount point(s) and export flags within one local server
57filesystem for one or more hosts.
58A host may be specified only once for each local filesystem on the
59server and there may be only one default entry for each server
60filesystem that applies to all other hosts.
61The latter exports the filesystem to the ``world'' and should
62be used only when the filesystem contains public information.
63.Pp
64In a mount entry,
65the first field(s) specify the directory path(s) within a server filesystem
66that can be mounted on by the corresponding client(s).
67There are two forms of this specification.
68The first is to list all mount points as absolute
69directory paths separated by whitespace.
70The second is to specify the pathname of the root of the filesystem
71followed by the
72.Fl alldirs
73flag;
74this form allows the host(s) to mount any directory within the filesystem.
75The pathnames must not have any symbolic links in them and should not have
76any "." or ".." components.
77Mount points for a filesystem may appear on multiple lines each with
78different sets of hosts and export options.
79.Pp
80The second component of a line specifies how the filesystem is to be
81exported to the host set.
82The option flags specify whether the filesystem
83is exported read-only or read-write and how the client uid is mapped to
84user credentials on the server.
85.Pp
86Export options are specified as follows:
87.Pp
88.Sm off
89.Fl maproot No = Sy user
90.Sm on
91The credential of the specified user is used for remote access by root.
92The credential includes all the groups to which the user is a member
93on the local machine (see
94.Xr id 1 ).
95The user may be specified by name or number.
96.Pp
97.Sm off
98.Fl maproot No = Sy user:group1:group2:...
99.Sm on
100The colon separated list is used to specify the precise credential
101to be used for remote access by root.
102The elements of the list may be either names or numbers.
103Note that user: should be used to distinguish a credential containing
104no groups from a complete credential for that user.
105.Pp
106.Sm off
107.Fl mapall No = Sy user
108.Sm on
109or
110.Sm off
111.Fl mapall No = Sy user:group1:group2:...
112.Sm on
113specifies a mapping for all client uids (including root)
114using the same semantics as
115.Fl maproot .
116.Pp
117The option
118.Fl r
119is a synonym for
120.Fl maproot
121in an effort to be backward compatible with older export file formats.
122.Pp
123In the absence of
124.Fl maproot
125and
126.Fl mapall
127options, remote accesses by root will result in using a credential of -2:-2.
128All other users will be mapped to their remote credential.
129If a
130.Fl maproot
131option is given,
132remote access by root will be mapped to that credential instead of -2:-2.
133If a
134.Fl mapall
135option is given,
136all users (including root) will be mapped to that credential in
137place of their own.
138.Pp
139The
140.Fl kerb
141option specifies that the Kerberos authentication server should be
142used to authenticate and map client credentials.
143(Note that this is NOT Sun NFS compatible and
144is supported for TCP transport only.)
145.Pp
146The
147.Fl ro
148option specifies that the filesystem should be exported read-only
149(default read/write).
150The option
151.Fl o
152is a synonym for
153.Fl ro
154in an effort to be backward compatible with older export file formats.
155.Pp
156The third component of a line specifies the host set to which the line applies.
157The set may be specified in three ways.
158The first way is to list the host name(s) separated by white space.
159(Standard internet ``dot'' addresses may be used in place of names.)
160The second way is to specify a ``netgroup'' as defined in the netgroup file (see
161.Xr netgroup 5 ).
162The third way is to specify an internet subnetwork using a network and
163network mask that is defined as the set of all hosts with addresses within
164the subnetwork.
165This latter approach requires less overhead within the
166kernel and is recommended for cases where the export line refers to a
167large number of clients within an administrative subnet.
168.Pp
169The first two cases are specified by simply listing the name(s) separated
170by whitespace.
171All names are checked to see if they are ``netgroup'' names
172first and are assumed to be hostnames otherwise.
173Using the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
174circumvent the problem of a host that has the same name as a netgroup.
175The third case is specified by the flag
176.Sm off
177.Fl network No = Sy netname
178.Sm on
179and optionally
180.Sm off
181.Fl mask No = Sy netmask .
182.Sm on
183If the mask is not specified, it will default to the mask for that network
184class (A, B or C; see
185.Xr inet 5 ).
186.Pp
187For example:
188.Bd -literal -offset indent
189/usr /usr/local -maproot=0:10 friends
190/usr -maproot=daemon grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca 131.104.48.16
191/usr -ro -mapall=nobody
192/u -maproot=bin: -network 131.104.48 -mask 255.255.255.0
193/u2 -maproot=root friends
194/u2 -alldirs -kerb -network cis-net -mask cis-mask
195.Ed
196.Pp
197Given that
198.Sy /usr ,
199.Sy /u
200and
201.Sy /u2
202are
203local filesystem mount points, the above example specifies the following:
204.Sy /usr
205is exported to hosts
206.Em friends
207where friends is specified in the netgroup file
208with users mapped to their remote credentials and
209root mapped to uid 0 and group 10.
210It is exported read-write and the hosts in ``friends'' can mount either /usr
211or /usr/local.
212It is exported to
213.Em 131.104.48.16
214and
215.Em grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca
216with users mapped to their remote credentials and
217root mapped to the user and groups associated with ``daemon'';
218it is exported to the rest of the world as read-only with
219all users mapped to the user and groups associated with ``nobody''.
220.Pp
221.Sy /u
222is exported to all hosts on the subnetwork
223.Em 131.104.48
224with root mapped to the uid for ``bin'' and with no group access.
225.Pp
226.Sy /u2
227is exported to the hosts in ``friends'' with root mapped to uid and groups
228associated with ``root'';
229it is exported to all hosts on network ``cis-net'' allowing mounts at any
230directory within /u2 and mapping all uids to credentials for the principal
231that is authenticated by a Kerberos ticket.
232.Sh FILES
233.Bl -tag -width /etc/exports -compact
234.It Pa /etc/exports
235The default remote mount-point file.
236.El
237.Sh SEE ALSO
238.Xr netgroup 5 ,
239.Xr mountd 8 ,
240.Xr nfsd 8 ,
241.Xr showmount 8
242.Sh BUGS
243The export options are tied to the local mount points in the kernel and
244must be non-contradictory for any exported subdirectory of the local
245server mount point.
246It is recommended that all exported directories within the same server
247filesystem be specified on adjacent lines going down the tree.
248You cannot specify a hostname that is also the name of a netgroup.
249Specifying the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
250circumvent the problem.
251