EXPORTS(NF)                          UNIX System V


     Name
          exports - NFS file systems being exported


     Syntax
          /etc/exports


     Description
          The file /etc/exports contains entries for  directories  and
          file  systems that are being exported to NFS clients.  It is
          created by the system administrator using a text editor  and
          processed by the mount request daemon mountd(1M) each time a
          mount request is received.

          An entry for a directory consists of a line of the following
          form:

               directory   [ -option[,option ]]...

          directory           is  the  pathname  of  a  directory  (or
                              file).

          option              is currently

                              access=client[:client]...
                                   Give mount access  to  each  client
                                   listed.   A  client can either be a
                                   hostname,  or   a   netgroup   (see
                                   netgroup(4)).   Each  client in the
                                   list is first checked  for  in  the
                                   netgroup  database,  and  then  the
                                   hosts database.  The default  value
                                   allows  any  machine  to  mount the
                                   given directory.

          A `#' (pound-sign) anywhere in the file indicates a  comment
          that  extends  to the end of the line.  Lines beginning with
          white space are continuation lines.


     EXAMPLE
          /usr      -access=clients     # export to my clients
          /usr/local                    # export to the world
          /usr2     -access=sun:sunday  # export to only these machines


     FILES
          /etc/exports


     NOTES
          The identification of the remote system is dependent on  the
          local network transport mechanism.


     WARNINGS
          You  cannot  export  either  a   parent   directory   or   a
          subdirectory  of  an  exported  directory that is within the
          same filesystem.  It would  be  illegal,  for  instance,  to
          export  both /usr and /usr/local if both directories resided
          on the same disk partition.


     See Also
          mountd(NADM)


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