Re: exportfs

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Erik Mouw <erik@harddisk-recovery.com> writes:

> On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 10:44:43AM +0100, DR GAVIN SEDDON wrote:
>> I have realised the command on Linux is 'export'.  I have installed the
>> nfs server software.  I have sorted it.
>
>   root@obelix:~# dpkg -S `!!`
>   dpkg -S `which exportfs`
>   nfs-kernel-server: /usr/sbin/exportfs
>
> Apparently only needed for nfs-kernel-server.
>
>
> Erik

'export' is a shell command that makes shell variables visible to
children. Nothing to do with nfs.

exportfs is, as shown above, part of nfs-kernel-server. It is only
needed to add/del filesystems from the list of exported filesystems on
the fly. Personaly I would discourage any use other than "exportfs -a"
to reload the /etc/exports file. It's too easy to forget to add/del
entries there otherwise and after the next reboot you wonder why
things stoped working.

MfG
        Goswin