Try to clarify how file systems are exported for NFSv4.

Suggested by:	rcarter@pinyon.org
MFC after:	1 week
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Rick Macklem 2014-08-14 22:52:05 +00:00
parent cdfa64aaeb
commit 9109536752

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.\" @(#)exports.5 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/29/95
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd December 23, 2012
.Dd August 14, 2014
.Dt EXPORTS 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
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Because NFSv4 does not use the mount protocol,
the
.Dq administrative controls
are not applied.
Thus, all the above export line(s) should be considered to have the
are not applied and all directories within this server
file system are mountable via NFSv4 even if the
.Fl alldirs
flag, even if the line is specified without it.
flag has not been specified.
The third form has the string ``V4:'' followed by a single absolute path
name, to specify the NFSv4 tree root.
This line does not export any file system, but simply marks where the root
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For the third form which specifies the NFSv4 tree root, the directory path
specifies the location within the server's file system tree which is the
root of the NFSv4 tree.
All entries of this form must specify the same directory path.
There can only be one NFSv4 root directory per server.
As such, all entries of this form must specify the same directory path.
For file systems other than ZFS,
this location can be any directory and does not
need to be within an exported file system. If it is not in an exported