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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
161The third component of a line specifies the host set to which the line applies.
162The set may be specified in three ways.
163The first way is to list the host name(s) separated by white space.
164(Standard internet ``dot'' addresses may be used in place of names.)
165The second way is to specify a ``netgroup'' as defined in the netgroup file (see
166.Xr netgroup 5 ).
167The third way is to specify an internet subnetwork using a network and
168network mask that is defined as the set of all hosts with addresses within
169the subnetwork.
170This latter approach requires less overhead within the
171kernel and is recommended for cases where the export line refers to a
172large number of clients within an administrative subnet.
173.Pp
174The first two cases are specified by simply listing the name(s) separated
175by whitespace.
176All names are checked to see if they are ``netgroup'' names
177first and are assumed to be hostnames otherwise.
178Using the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
179circumvent the problem of a host that has the same name as a netgroup.
180The third case is specified by the flag
181.Sm off
182.Fl network No = Sy netname
183.Sm on
184and optionally
185.Sm off
186.Fl mask No = Sy netmask .
187.Sm on
188If the mask is not specified, it will default to the mask for that network
189class (A, B or C; see
190.Xr inet 4 ).
191.Pp
192For example:
193.Bd -literal -offset indent
194/usr /usr/local -maproot=0:10 friends
195/usr -maproot=daemon grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca 131.104.48.16
196/usr -ro -mapall=nobody
197/u -maproot=bin: -network 131.104.48 -mask 255.255.255.0
198/u2 -maproot=root friends
199/u2 -alldirs -kerb -network cis-net -mask cis-mask
200.Ed
201.Pp
202Given that
203.Sy /usr ,
204.Sy /u
205and
206.Sy /u2
207are
208local filesystem mount points, the above example specifies the following:
209.Sy /usr
210is exported to hosts
211.Em friends
212where friends is specified in the netgroup file
213with users mapped to their remote credentials and
214root mapped to uid 0 and group 10.
215It is exported read-write and the hosts in ``friends'' can mount either /usr
216or /usr/local.
217It is exported to
218.Em 131.104.48.16
219and
220.Em grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca
221with users mapped to their remote credentials and
222root mapped to the user and groups associated with ``daemon'';
223it is exported to the rest of the world as read-only with
224all users mapped to the user and groups associated with ``nobody''.
225.Pp
226.Sy /u
227is exported to all hosts on the subnetwork
228.Em 131.104.48
229with root mapped to the uid for ``bin'' and with no group access.
230.Pp
231.Sy /u2
232is exported to the hosts in ``friends'' with root mapped to uid and groups
233associated with ``root'';
234it is exported to all hosts on network ``cis-net'' allowing mounts at any
235directory within /u2 and mapping all uids to credentials for the principal
236that is authenticated by a Kerberos ticket.
237.Sh FILES
238.Bl -tag -width /etc/exports -compact
239.It Pa /etc/exports
240The default remote mount-point file.
241.El
242.Sh SEE ALSO
243.Xr netgroup 5 ,
244.Xr mountd 8 ,
245.Xr nfsd 8 ,
246.Xr showmount 8
247.Sh BUGS
248The export options are tied to the local mount points in the kernel and
249must be non-contradictory for any exported subdirectory of the local
250server mount point.
251It is recommended that all exported directories within the same server
252filesystem be specified on adjacent lines going down the tree.
253You cannot specify a hostname that is also the name of a netgroup.
254Specifying the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
255circumvent the problem.
256