Problems properly setting up /etc/exports

[Donald J. O'Neill]

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"

That should help you.

Don