Subject: Re: Howto setup NFS for sun3/80
To: None <maynard@jmg.com>
From: Chuck Cranor <chuck@dworkin.wustl.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/27/1998 10:53:43
>(also see man exports(5) and man nfsd(8))... HOWEVER, my 1.3 system
>doesn't seem to have a man page for exportfs, nor does it have a
>binary in /sbin, or the usual directory suspects... hmmmph. A man -k
>export just gives me exports(5)... OK, I _am_ being dumb. What's up
>here? AHHHH, look at man mountd(8), the trick is to send a HUP to
>mountd after editing /etc/exports. Jeesh, why not include a little
>script named 'exportfs' which does this? Everyone knows about
>exportfs, but it took some poking around to find out this little
>quirkyness about NetBSD and mountd... oh well.
i think that "mount -u" will also re-export a filesystem. i'm
not sure how well it is documented.
chuck