[NTLUG:Discuss] "sharing" NFS files...

[Brian]

Actually, it does work.  The mask simply zeros out all the bits in the address
to create the match.

  --Brian

Jonathan Miller wrote:

> On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Kathleen Weaver wrote:
>
> > I've got a CDRom mounted on a server.  I have it set up in /etc/exports as
> > /cdrom 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 (ro,insecure) and set permissions to 555.
> >
> > I can't seem to mount it.  THANKS
>
> That's because you can't possibly have machine with that address. I assume
> you want this to be globally accessable. (?) If so, we can take a look at
> `man exports`, and way down at line 250-something there's the exmamples.
> Taking a look at line 5 and it's explenation tells us:
>
> EXAMPLE
> <snip>
>        /pub            (ro,insecure,all_squash)
> <snip>
> Line 5 exports the public FTP directory to every host in the world,
> executing all requests under the nobody account.  The insecure option in
> this entry also allows clients with NFS implementations that don't use a
> reserved port for NFS.
>
> Neat-o, huh?
>
> -- Jonathan
>
> (No matter what anyone else tells you the man pages are your friends! I
> promise!)
>
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