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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news-was.dfn.de!news-fra1.dfn.de!news-koe1.dfn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!gtnduss1.du.gtn.com!news.netuse.de!tpki.toppoint.de!rimki.toppoint.de!chrimek Date: 21 Jun 1997 13:46:00 +0100 From: chrimek@rimki.toppoint.de (Christoph Rimek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Message-ID: <6ZHRRNBZo$B@rimki.toppoint.de> Subject: NFS -alldirs question X-Newsreader: CrossPoint v3.11 R/C6513 Organization: Toppoint Mailbox e.V. Reply-To: chrimek@toppoint.de Lines: 28 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:6147 Hello I am using NetBSD 1.2.1 on two machines, one as mailserver, the other one as www-server. Then I wanted to export all users' home directories to the other (www) machine using '/home -alldirs FQDN_of_other_machine' in the file:/etc/exports. But 'showmount -e' shows nothing, and the other machine can't mount any directory. When I leave out the '-alldirs' flag, everything works fine. But, what for it this flag? As I understand, it is meant for the client being able to mount every single subdirectory tree of the whole exported filesystem, so that I can mount the $HOME of userA and of userB while userC's $HOME is not mounted. Am I right? Although there are man pages it is a bit diffucult to understand all the little things if one is not a native english spaeker :-( . One other question: what about file:/etc/netgroup and the associated utility netgroup_mkdb ? Can I read it as a local version of NIS with its netgroup map, and does it work in the same manner ? -cr -- Christoph Rimek, Kiel, Germany (+49 431 57601) chrimek@toppoint.de