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nfs(4)

mountd(8c)

EXPORTS(5)

NAME

exports - specify mountable file systems

USAGE

/etc/exports

DESCRIPTION

The /etc/exports file contains a vertical list of left-justified file system names.  On each line, following the file system name and separated by spaces, are the name(s) of the host(s) authorized to remote mount that file system.  If a line contains a file system name and no host names, then any host can remote mount the specified file system. 

When mountd(8c) processes a mount request, it checks /etc/exports for the export status of the file system and /etc/hosts to validate the hosts associated with that file system.  A system administrator normally maintains /etc/exports and its ACL (Access Control List). 

A pound sign (#) in the file identifies the characters to the right of the pound sign and to the end of the line as a comment. 

EXAMPLES

//jodhpur# everyone
//jodhpursroscoe# just roscoe
//jodhpurscameo jubilant primo# just these three

FILES

/etc/exports

RELATED INFORMATION

nfs(4) mountd(8c)

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