exportfs

[Nils Kassube]

hong zhang wrote:
> I did "sudo nfs-kernel-server start" and "exportfs
> -rv"
> returns
>
> exportfs: can't open /var/lib/nfs/etab.tmp for writing

ls -ld /var/lib/nfs/
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Sep  1 06:48 /var/lib/nfs/

As a normal user you don't have access to /var/lib/nfs/. Make your command

sudo exportfs -rv

and it should work.

> Actually, etab.tmp does not exist.
>
> sudo chmod 777 /var/lib/nfs/etab.tmp
> chmod: cannot access `/var/lib/nfs/etab.tmp': No such
> file or directory

With chmod you can't create a file. But you don't need that file anyway. 
It is used temporally by exportfs (if run as root).

> Can user create the etab.tmp?

No -- see above.


Nils