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your_shadow03 01-13-2009 05:07 AM
Options in NFS ??
 
Can anyone help with example with the following options we put in /etc/exports?

Options are :

nohide,
sync,
no_subtree_check,
insecure_locks

Pls Help

pwc101 01-13-2009 05:16 AM
man 5 exports has explanations of all the options. For example, here are the first few lines from each section:
Quote:
Originally Posted by man 5 nohide
nohide This option is based on the option of the same name provided in
IRIX NFS. Normally, if a server exports two filesystems one of
which is mounted on the other, then the client will have to
mount both filesystems...
Quote:
Originally Posted by man 5 exports
sync Reply to requests only after the changes have been committed to
stable storage (see async above).

In releases of nfs-utils up to and including 1.0.0, this option
was the default. In all releases after...
Quote:
Originally Posted by man 5 exports
no_subtree_check
This option disables subtree checking, which has mild security
implications, but can improve reliability in some circumstances.

If a subdirectory of a filesystem is exported, but the...
You get the idea :)


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