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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.
226The set may be specified in three ways.
227The first way is to list the host name(s) separated by white space.
228(Standard internet ``dot'' addresses may be used in place of names.)
229The second way is to specify a ``netgroup'' as defined in the netgroup file (see
230.Xr netgroup 5 ).
231The third way is to specify an internet subnetwork using a network and
232network mask that is defined as the set of all hosts with addresses within
233the subnetwork.
234This latter approach requires less overhead within the
235kernel and is recommended for cases where the export line refers to a
236large number of clients within an administrative subnet.
237.Pp
238The first two cases are specified by simply listing the name(s) separated
239by whitespace.
240All names are checked to see if they are ``netgroup'' names
241first and are assumed to be hostnames otherwise.
242Using the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
243circumvent the problem of a host that has the same name as a netgroup.
244The third case is specified by the flag
245.Sm off
246.Fl network No = Sy netname
247.Sm on
248and optionally
249.Sm off
250.Fl mask No = Sy netmask .
251.Sm on
252If the mask is not specified, it will default to the mask for that network
253class (A, B or C; see
254.Xr inet 5 ).
255.Pp
256For example:
257.Bd -literal -offset indent
258/usr /usr/local -maproot=0:10 friends
259/usr -maproot=daemon grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca 131.104.48.16
260/usr -ro -mapall=nobody
261/u -maproot=bin: -network 131.104.48 -mask 255.255.255.0
262/u2 -maproot=root friends
263/u2 -alldirs -kerb -network cis-net -mask cis-mask
264.Ed
265.Pp
266Given that
267.Sy /usr ,
268.Sy /u
269and
270.Sy /u2
271are
272local filesystem mount points, the above example specifies the following:
273.Sy /usr
274is exported to hosts
275.Em friends
276where friends is specified in the netgroup file
277with users mapped to their remote credentials and
278root mapped to uid 0 and group 10.
279It is exported read-write and the hosts in ``friends'' can mount either /usr
280or /usr/local.
281It is exported to
282.Em 131.104.48.16
283and
284.Em grumpy.cis.uoguelph.ca
285with users mapped to their remote credentials and
286root mapped to the user and groups associated with ``daemon'';
287it is exported to the rest of the world as read-only with
288all users mapped to the user and groups associated with ``nobody''.
289.Pp
290.Sy /u
291is exported to all hosts on the subnetwork
292.Em 131.104.48
293with root mapped to the uid for ``bin'' and with no group access.
294.Pp
295.Sy /u2
296is exported to the hosts in ``friends'' with root mapped to uid and groups
297associated with ``root'';
298it is exported to all hosts on network ``cis-net'' allowing mounts at any
299directory within /u2 and mapping all uids to credentials for the principal
300that is authenticated by a Kerberos ticket.
301.Sh FILES
302.Bl -tag -width /etc/exports -compact
303.It Pa /etc/exports
304The default remote mount-point file.
305.El
306.Sh SEE ALSO
307.Xr netgroup 5 ,
308.Xr mountd 8 ,
309.Xr nfsd 8 ,
310.Xr showmount 8
311.Sh BUGS
312The export options are tied to the local mount points in the kernel and
313must be non-contradictory for any exported subdirectory of the local
314server mount point.
315It is recommended that all exported directories within the same server
316filesystem be specified on adjacent lines going down the tree.
317You cannot specify a hostname that is also the name of a netgroup.
318Specifying the full domain specification for a hostname can normally
319circumvent the problem.
320