NFS export problem

running redhat 9.0 i have extablished a /etc/exports file that looks like this:

/tmp rs6000.com(rw insecure)

When I type in /usr/sbin/exportfs -r i get the following message:
exportfs: /etc/exports:1: syntax error: bad option list

Can someone please tell me what i'm doing wrong?

"Concerned Netizen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> running redhat 9.0 i have extablished a /etc/exports file that looks
> like this:
>
> /tmp rs6000.com(rw insecure)
>
> When I type in /usr/sbin/exportfs -r i get the following message:
> exportfs: /etc/exports:1: syntax error: bad option list
>
> Can someone please tell me what i'm doing wrong?

Exactly what the error message is telling you. Options are separated by
commas, not spaces.

"man 5 exportfs" and examine the EXAMPLE section, please.

I wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)

> "man 5 exportfs" and examine the EXAMPLE section, please.

Sorry, "man 5 exports"

Concerned Netizen wrote:
> running redhat 9.0 i have extablished a /etc/exports file that looks like this:
>
> /tmp rs6000.com(rw insecure)
>
> When I type in /usr/sbin/exportfs -r i get the following message:
> exportfs: /etc/exports:1: syntax error: bad option list
>
> Can someone please tell me what i'm doing wrong?

From man exports:

EXAMPLE
# sample /etc/exports file
/ master(rw) trusty(rw,no_root_squash)
/projects proj*.local.domain(rw)

Note the comma separating options in the option list

Concerned Netizen wrote:
> running redhat 9.0 i have extablished a /etc/exports file that looks like this:
>
> /tmp rs6000.com(rw insecure)
>
> When I type in /usr/sbin/exportfs -r i get the following message:
> exportfs: /etc/exports:1: syntax error: bad option list
>
> Can someone please tell me what i'm doing wrong?

You're missing a comma between 'rw' and 'insecure'.

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Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio (at) iki fi

try
/tmp rs6000.com(rw,insecure)

if that doesn't work replace "rs6000.com" mith the ipaddress

Concerned Netizen wrote:
> running redhat 9.0 i have extablished a /etc/exports file that looks like this:
>
> /tmp rs6000.com(rw insecure)
>
> When I type in /usr/sbin/exportfs -r i get the following message:
> exportfs: /etc/exports:1: syntax error: bad option list
>
> Can someone please tell me what i'm doing wrong?