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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: /etc/exports file records (length problems?)
Message-ID: <8851@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 6 Dec 89 17:14:49 GMT
References: <8066@wsucsa.uucp>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <8066@wsucsa.uucp> wallis@wsucsa.uucp writes:
> 
>         Does anyone know the line length limit of a line in the /etc/exports
> file?  We are using NSF and I export directories to several workstations
> (ULTRIX 3.1 on VAXstation 3100s).  Now that the workstations are using BIND, 
> the exports file "wants" the fully-qualified name of the workstation (ie.  
> xxxx.yyyy.zzzz.EDU, or something like that). Some of these names are very long
> and I am worried about running into length restrictions when more workstations
> are added to the exports file.  

You should (theoretically) be able to use "netgroups" in the exports file
to abbreviate the entries in the exports file...

-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
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