What am I not understanding about /etc/exports?

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2007-04-10 08:55, David Benfell <benfell at parts-unknown.org> wrote:
> Apr 10 08:28:59 earth mountd[739]: can't change attributes for /usr
> Apr 10 08:28:59 earth mountd[739]: bad exports list line /usr -alldirs -maproot
> Apr 10 08:28:59 earth mountd[739]: network/host conflict
> 
> I've been here before; the FAQ says, "The most frequent problem
> is not understanding the correct format of /etc/exports. Please
> review  exports(5) and the NFS entry in the Handbook, especially
> the section on configuring NFS."
> 
> Which leads me back to the original question.  Here's the file:
> 
> / -alldirs -maproot=root 127.0.0.1
> #/usr/src -alldirs -maproot=root 127.0.0.1 192.168.19.1
> /usr -alldirs -maproot=root 127.0.0.1 192.168.19.1
> /public -alldirs -maproot=root 127.0.0.1 192.168.18.45 192.168.18.46 192.168.19.1
> /home -alldirs -maproot=root 127.0.0.1 192.168.18.45 192.168.18.46 192.168.19.1
> /cdrom -alldirs,quiet,ro 127.0.0.1 -network 192.168 -mask 255.255.0.0
> 
> And:
> 
> lupin% showmount -e earth.cybernude.org
> Exports list on earth.cybernude.org:
> /public                            127.0.0.1 192.168.18.45 192.168.18.46 192.168.19.1 
> /home                              127.0.0.1 192.168.18.45 192.168.18.46 192.168.19.1 
> /                                  127.0.0.1 
> lupin% 
> 
> As you can see, there are serious discrepancies, here.  And I cannot
> see where my syntax is correct on the lines in /etc/exports that work
> and incorrect on the lines which don't work.

Hmmm, something odd is going on.  Can you show us the output of the
command:

    % cat -vte /etc/exports

??