Well the simplest approach doesn't work. i.e put symb link and actual path in the export file & try exporting it Exportfs dereferences the link and states that duplicates are not allowed. -Sev J. Bruce Fields wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 12:44:25PM -0500, Sev Binello wrote: > >> Can anyone tell me if it's ok to export the same file system >> through 2 different paths ( one is a link) ? >> > > I actually don't know. You could try it and tell us what you find > out.... > > If you're exporting something *containing* the symlink and expecting the > client to traverse into the filesystem, be aware that symlinks over NFS > are actually interpreted (and followed) on the client--so they're > interpreted as *client-side* paths, not server-side. > > If the path you're exporting is itself a symlink--it probably depends on > how nfs-utils treats symlinks found in /etc/exports. I'd have to try it > or check the code. > > Another way to export the filesystem in two different places would be > with mount --bind. > > --b. > -- Sev Binello Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, New York 631-344-5647 sev@xxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs _______________________________________________ Please note that nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is being discontinued. Please subscribe to linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx instead. http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-nfs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
