by Greetings.
System: RedHat 7.1 with Linux 2.4.2 on a 433 Mhz celeron.
I get the following error when trying to export one of my filesystems:
# exportfs -rva
exporting 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0:/mnt/genericdata1
exporting 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0:/
exporting snah:/mnt/genericdata1 to kernel
snah:/mnt/genericdata1: Invalid argument
/mnt/genericdata1 is a vfat fs, as shown by mount:
# mount
/dev/hda1 on / type ext2 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hdd1 on /mnt/genericdata1 type vfat (rw)
automount(pid541) on /misc type autofs (rw,fd=5,pgrp=541,minproto=2,maxproto=3)
Contente of fstab:
# cat /etc/fstab
LABEL=/ / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdd1 /mnt/genericdata1 vfat defaults 0 0
/SWAP swap swap defaults 0 0
And finally, the contents of /etc/exports:
# cat /etc/exports
/ 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,no_root_squash)
/mnt/genericdata1 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(rw,no_root_squash)
Now I assume that I am running the kernel-space server. I say assume because
I do not know if such is the case nor do I know how to figure this out.
I have read some other posts which suggest that running the user-space
server would resolve such a problem. Can someone suggest an URL with
the instructions on how to change the configuration from kernel-space
to user-space server?
I assume that the problem might be a limitation of the kernel-space server.
I read the follwing on:
file:///machines/world/usr/share/doc/nfs-utils-0.3.1/node4.html
"Unlink the user-space NFS sever, each entry in /etc/exports can export
only a directory in one file system. Any file systems mounted under the
exported directory are not exported. A separate entry is needed for each
mounted file system."
Now is it possible that there might be a bug and the kernel-space server
mistakenly believes that /mnt/genericdata1 is a subdirectory of /
on the same filesystem?
Any help would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Hans Deragon