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From: risner@stdio.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Is there a way to export an NFS filesystem?
Date: 5 Dec 1995 22:56:27 GMT
Organization: Image Tech Computing
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The reason for this is that Linux's NFS is implemented in a user process (SLOW!)
and FreeBSD is implemented in the Kernel.  Rexporting is SLOW and doubles
network load.
Linux is the ONLY unix system that allows re-export of NFS fs.
If you want others to mount the system, do what should be done...
mount it directly instead of rexporting.

Risner

In <49tr39$6c6@news.csie.nctu.edu.tw>, blhsing@csie.nctu.edu.tw (Ben-Lih Hsing) writes:
>In Linux, we have the option '-r' for rpc.nfsd to re-export an imported NFS
>filesystem.  Is there a way for nfsd in FreeBSD to do the same thing?
>Your help will be greatly appreciated.