Nfs - /etc/exports

[Rick Stevens]

Larry Cotton wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm using fedoracore 2 and am tring to use nfs to export directories
> for use on another machine.
> 
> My /etc/exports file looks something like:
> /home/backups alex (rw,sync,squash_uids=0-99)
> /home/servermanager alex (rw, sync)
> 
> Whenever I run exportfs I get a couple of warnings to the effect of
> 'no hostname given with /home/servermanager'.

First, is "alex" in /etc/hosts or resolvable via DNS?  Second, the
format is "hostname(options)", not "hostname (options)" (do NOT put
a space in there).  Spaces separate host/option groups.  See "man 
exports" for details.
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