Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: /etc/exports file records (length problems?) Message-ID: <8875@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 7 Dec 89 21:26:25 GMT References: <8066@wsucsa.uucp> <8851@cbmvax.UUCP> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 18 In article saus@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Mark Sausville) writes: > > You should (theoretically) be able to use "netgroups" in the exports file > to abbreviate the entries in the exports file... > > Is this true? I haven't heard this before, but I haven't scanned every > release note extant. I was planning to hack the source to do this but > won't if it's already there. The use of netgroups in the exports file is mentioned in the exports man page. Netgroups are a part of Yellow Pages so that would probably be the place to look for setup information. I don't know if you you can get it to use netgroups without running (yeech) YP. -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)