Problems properly setting up /etc/exports

[stan]

On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 04:21:23PM -0500, Donald J. O'Neill wrote:
> On Saturday 30 September 2006 13:39, stan wrote:
> > I've  got a FBSD 6 machine built from a 6.2 PRERELEASE set of sources
> > that I need to use as an NFS server for some other similar machines.
> > If I specify the machines by host name, or IP address in /etc/exports,
> > I can mount the requisite directories from the test client.
> >
> > However, I really need to be able to allow 2 whole 1/2 class C's
> > to mount these directories. My reading of the /etc/exports man page
> > leads me to believe that I should be able to use a line like this:
> >
> > /usr/ports/distfiles       maproot=root -network aaa.bbb.ccc.0 -mask
> > 255.255.255.128
> >
> > When I do this, and start mountd with the -d flag, I get:
> >
> > ountd: getting export list
> > mountd: got line /usr/ports/distfiles       maproot=root -network
> > aaa.bbb.ccc.0 -mask 255.255.255.128mountd: making new ep
> > fs=0x3e331e2f,0xe47d1981
> >
> > But when I try to mount from a client n this network, it reports
> > premission denied.
> >
> > I also tried putting a line like this in /etc/exports:
> >
> > /usr/ports/distfiles       maproot=root -network mine
> >
> > and putting the following in /etc/networks:
> >
> > mine            aaa.bbb
> >
> > But I still get the same error.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Try this line in /etc/exports: 
> /usr /usr/ports /usr/ports/distfiles -maproot=root \
> -network aaa.bbb.ccc -mask 255.255.255.128
> 
> Do you have something like this in /etc/rc.conf:
> rpcbind_enable="YES"
> nfs_server_enable="YES"
> mountd_flags="-r"
> 
Thanks.

Turns out I needed a ":" after the maproot clause.

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