NFS related Question

[Ajin_1]

Hi Experts

shall I remove the entries in  /etc/exports file while NFS process is running.

Primary: cat /etc/exports
/NFStmp -rw=secondry

In Secondry Servers fstab the NFS file System commented.

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[Matti_Kurkela]

You should probably unexport the currently-exported filesystem first, before removing it from /etc/exports.

If you wish to remove all the currently-exported filesystems, "exportfs -ua" is the easiest way to un-export all of them at once.

If you have other /etc/exports entries and don't want to remove all of them, use "exportfs -u /NFStmp".
Then edit /etc/exports.

There is no need to stop the NFS daemons.

If you removed the entry from /etc/exports without un-exporting first, the /NFStmp filesystem would still remain as exported until the system was rebooted. This could cause some surprises: "Why can't I unmount /NFStmp??? According to fuser -c, nothing is using it, so it should be free to unmount!"

The NFS export is a kernel-level action, so it is not directly associated with any normal process, so the fuser command won't see it. Yet you cannot unmount a filesystem that is still exported.

[Ajin_1]

Hi

How can i check currently-exported filesystems

showmount -e is that correct command ?

[Dennis Handly]

>shall I remove the entries in /etc/exports file while NFS process is running.

That's just a text file (like fstab), it will only matter when doing exportfs(1m) or share(1m).

>How can I check currently-exported filesystems

You can also look at /etc/xtab or /etc/dfs/dfstab for 11.31.

[Ajin_1]

Hi Experts

I check the xtab it also having the same entry as /etc/exports file

I manually remove the same or exportfs -ua remove the entry form xtab??????

Thanks In Advance.

[Dennis Handly]

>I manually remove the same or exportfs -ua remove the entry form xtab?

/etc/xtab (like /etc/mnttab) is a generated file.  You must use exportfs -u to remove entries.