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.\" @(#)exports.5 1.2 85/04/04 SMI;
.TH EXPORTS 5 "1 February 1985"
.SH NAME
exports \- NFS file systems being exported
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /etc/exports
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX  "NFS exported file systems"  ""  "NFS exported file systems \(em \fLexportfs\fP"
The file
.I /etc/exports
describes the file systems which are being exported to 
.IR nfs (4)
clients.  It is created by the system administrator
using a text editor and processed by the
.I mount
request daemon
.IR mountd (8c)
each time a mount request is received.
.PP
The file consists of a list of file systems and the
.IR netgroups (5)
or machine names allowed to remote mount each file system.
The file system names are left justified and followed by
a list of names separated by white space.
The names will be looked up in
.I /etc/netgroups
and then in
.IR /etc/hosts .
A file system name with no name list following means export to everyone.
A ``#'' anywhere in the file indicates a comment
extending to the end of the line it appears on.
.SH EXAMPLE
.PP
.ft L
.nf
/usr       clients               # export to my clients
/usr/local                       # export to the world
/usr2      phoenix sun sundae    # export to only these machines
.fi
.SH FILES
/etc/exports
.SH SEE ALSO
mountd(8c)