From: Rick Sladkey (jrs@world.std.com)
Date: 02/27/93


From: jrs@world.std.com (Rick Sladkey)
Subject: Re: How to NFS export to ANY machine...
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1993 04:51:19 GMT


>>>>> On 27 Feb 1993 22:15:01 GMT,
>>>>> splee@pd.org (Seng-Poh Lee, Speedy) said:

Speedy> I've been exporting my Linux filesystem to other systems, but
Speedy> so far, I've had to specify each and every machine. Sun's
Speedy> /etc/export lets you export to ANY machine by merely having
Speedy> the entry;

Yes, under Linux you can export to any machine. For example:

        /pub (root_quash)

will export /pub to any system without root priveleges (a good idea).

While we are comparing ourselves to Suns, we can also do something
SunOS cannot do which is export a filesystem to a "pattern" of hosts.
This idea was due to Fred N. Van Kempen. The syntax is:

        /pub *.subdomain.domain(options)

The pattern consists of '*' (which matches anything but '.') and
ordinary domain name components which are case insensitive for
everything but the host portion. Note: you must be using
nfs-server-1.2 or later for this to work.