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36.Dd March 29, 1995
37.Dt EXPORTS 5
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm exports
41.Nd define remote mount points for
42.Tn NFS
43mount requests
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm exports
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm exports
49file specifies remote mount points for the
50.Tn NFS
51mount protocol per the
52.Tn NFS
53server specification; see
54.%T "Network File System Protocol Specification \\*(tNRFC\\*(sP 1094, Appendix A"
55and
56.%T "NFS: Network File System Version 3 Specification, Appendix I" .
57.Pp
58Each line in the file
59(other than comment lines that begin with a #)
60specifies the mount point(s) and export flags within one local server
61filesystem for one or more hosts.
62A host may be specified only once for each local filesystem on the
63server and there may be only one default entry for each server
64filesystem that applies to all other hosts.
65The latter exports the filesystem to the ``world'' and should
66be used only when the filesystem contains public information.
67.Pp
68In a mount entry,
69the first field(s) specify the directory path(s) within a server filesystem
70that can be mounted on by the corresponding client(s).
71There are two forms of this specification.
72The first is to list all mount points as absolute
73directory paths separated by whitespace.
74The second is to specify the pathname of the root of the filesystem
75followed by the
76.Fl alldirs
77flag;
78this form allows the host(s) to mount at any point within the filesystem,
79including regular files if the
80.Fl r
81option is used on mountd. Note that the
82.Fl alldirs
83option should not be used as a security measure to make clients mount
84only those subdirectories that they should have access to. A client
85can still access the whole filesystem via individual RPCs if it
86wanted to, even if just one subdirectory has been mounted.
87The pathnames must not have any symbolic links in them and should not have
88any "." or ".." components.
89Mount points for a filesystem may appear on multiple lines each with
90different sets of hosts and export options.
91.Pp
92The second component of a line specifies how the filesystem is to be
93exported to the host set.
94The option flags specify whether the filesystem
95is exported read-only or read-write and how the client uid is mapped to
96user credentials on the server.
97.Pp
98Export options are specified as follows:
99.Pp
100.Sm off
101.Fl maproot No = Sy user
102.Sm on
103The credential of the specified user is used for remote access by root.
104The credential includes all the groups to which the user is a member
105on the local machine (see
106.Xr id 1 ).
107The user may be specified by name or number.
108.Pp
109.Sm off
110.Fl maproot No = Sy user:group1:group2:...
111.Sm on
112The colon separated list is used to specify the precise credential
113to be used for remote access by root.
114The elements of the list may be either names or numbers.
115Note that user: should be used to distinguish a credential containing
116no groups from a complete credential for that user.
117.Pp
118.Sm off
119.Fl mapall No = Sy user
120.Sm on
121or
122.Sm off
123.Fl mapall No = Sy user:group1:group2:...
124.Sm on
125specifies a mapping for all client uids (including root)
126using the same semantics as
127.Fl maproot .
128.Pp
129The option
130.Fl r
131is a synonym for
132.Fl maproot
133in an effort to be backward compatible with older export file formats.
134.Pp
135In the absence of
136.Fl maproot
137and
138.Fl mapall
139options, remote accesses by root will result in using a credential of -2:-2.
140All other users will be mapped to their remote credential.
141If a
142.Fl maproot
143option is given,
144remote access by root will be mapped to that credential instead of -2:-2.
145If a
146.Fl mapall
147option is given,
148all users (including root) will be mapped to that credential in
149place of their own.
150.Pp
151The
152.Fl kerb
153option specifies that the Kerberos authentication server should be
154used to authenticate and map client credentials.
155This option requires that the kernel be built with the NFSKERB option.
156.Pp
157The
158.Fl ro
159option specifies that the filesystem should be exported read-only
160(default read/write).
161The option
162.Fl o
163is a synonym for
164.Fl ro
165in an effort to be backward compatible with older export file formats.
166.Pp
167The
168.Fl noresvport
169option specifies that NFS RPC calls for the filesystem do not have to come
170from reserved ports. Normally, clients are required to use reserved
171ports for operations. Using this option decreases the security of your
172system.
173.Pp
174The
175.Fl noresvmnt
176option specifies that mount RPC requests for the filesystem do not have
177to come from reserved ports. Normally, clients are required to use reserved
178ports for mount requests. Using this option decreases the security of
179your system.
180.Pp
181WebNFS exports strictly according to the spec (RFC 2054 and RFC 2055) can
182be done with the
183.Fl public
184flag. However, this flag in itself allows r/w access to all files in
185the filesystem, not requiring reserved ports and not remapping uids. It
186is only provided to conform to the spec, and should normally not be used.
187For a WebNFS export,
188use the
189.Fl webnfs
190flag, which implies
191.Fl public ,
192.Sm off
193.Fl mapall No = Sy nobody
194.Sm on
195and
196.Fl ro .
197.Pp
198A
199.Sm off
200.Fl index No = Sy file
201.Sm off
202option can be used to specify a file whose handle will be returned if
203a directory is looked up using the public filehandle (WebNFS). This
204is to mimic the behavior of URLs. If no
205.Fl index
206option is specified, a directory filehandle will be returned as usual.
207The
208.Fl index
209option only makes sense in combination with the
210.Fl public
211or
212.Fl webnfs
213flags.
214.Pp
215.Bf -symbolic
216Warning: exporting a filesystem both using WebNFS and read/write in
217the normal way to other hosts should be avoided in an environment
218that is vulnerable to IP spoofing.
219.Ef
220WebNFS enables any client to get filehandles to the exported filesystem.
221Using IP spoofing, a client could then pretend to be a host to which
222the same filesystem was exported read/write, and use the handle to
223gain access to that filesystem.
224.Pp
225The third component of a line specifies the host set to which the line applies.
226If no host set is specified, the filesystem is exported to everyone.
227The set may be specified in three ways.
228The first way is to list the host name(s) separated by white space.
229(Standard internet ``dot'' addresses may be used in place of names.)
230The second way is to specify a ``netgroup'' as defined in the netgroup file (see
231.Xr netgroup 5 ).
232A netgroup that contains an item that does have a host entry
233is treated like an error.
234The third way is to specify an internet subnetwork using a network and
235network mask that is defined as the set of all hosts with addresses within
236the subnetwork.
237This latter approach requires less overhead within the
238kernel and is recommended for cases where the export line refers to a
239large number of clients within an administrative subnet.
240.Pp
241The first two cases are specified by simply listing the name(s) separated
242by whitespace.
243All names are checked to see if they are ``netgroup'' names
244first and are assumed to be hostnames otherwise.
245Using the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
246circumvent the problem of a host that has the same name as a netgroup.
247The third case is specified by the flag
248.Sm off
249.Fl network No = Sy netname
250.Sm on
251and optionally
252.Sm off
253.Fl mask No = Sy netmask .
254.Sm on
255If the mask is not specified, it will default to the mask for that network
256class (A, B or C; see
257.Xr inet 5 ).
258.Pp
259For example:
260.Bd -literal -offset indent
261/usr /usr/local -maproot=0:10 friends
262/usr -maproot=daemon grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca 131.104.48.16
263/usr -ro -mapall=nobody
264/u -maproot=bin: -network 131.104.48 -mask 255.255.255.0
265/u2 -maproot=root friends
266/u2 -alldirs -kerb -network cis-net -mask cis-mask
267.Ed
268.Pp
269Given that
270.Sy /usr ,
271.Sy /u
272and
273.Sy /u2
274are
275local filesystem mount points, the above example specifies the following:
276.Sy /usr
277is exported to hosts
278.Em friends
279where friends is specified in the netgroup file
280with users mapped to their remote credentials and
281root mapped to uid 0 and group 10.
282It is exported read-write and the hosts in ``friends'' can mount either /usr
283or /usr/local.
284It is exported to
285.Em 131.104.48.16
286and
287.Em grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca
288with users mapped to their remote credentials and
289root mapped to the user and groups associated with ``daemon'';
290it is exported to the rest of the world as read-only with
291all users mapped to the user and groups associated with ``nobody''.
292.Pp
293.Sy /u
294is exported to all hosts on the subnetwork
295.Em 131.104.48
296with root mapped to the uid for ``bin'' and with no group access.
297.Pp
298.Sy /u2
299is exported to the hosts in ``friends'' with root mapped to uid and groups
300associated with ``root'';
301it is exported to all hosts on network ``cis-net'' allowing mounts at any
302directory within /u2 and mapping all uids to credentials for the principal
303that is authenticated by a Kerberos ticket.
304.Sh FILES
305.Bl -tag -width /etc/exports -compact
306.It Pa /etc/exports
307The default remote mount-point file.
308.El
309.Sh SEE ALSO
310.Xr netgroup 5 ,
311.Xr mountd 8 ,
312.Xr nfsd 8 ,
313.Xr showmount 8
314.Sh BUGS
315The export options are tied to the local mount points in the kernel and
316must be non-contradictory for any exported subdirectory of the local
317server mount point.
318It is recommended that all exported directories within the same server
319filesystem be specified on adjacent lines going down the tree.
320You cannot specify a hostname that is also the name of a netgroup.
321Specifying the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
322circumvent the problem.
323