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From: mawa@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Martin Walter)
Subject: [sun-managers] SUMMARY: /etc/exports: access list too long
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Archive-name: internet/yp/ypfake/1991-03-03
Archive: cs.toronto.edu:/pub/ypfake.* [128.100.1.65]
Original-posting-by: mawa@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de (Martin Walter)
Original-subject: SUMMARY: /etc/exports: access list too long
Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti)

My question was:

> I am using a SS1+ with SunOS 4.1.1, DNS, modified dynamic
> library, no NIS.
> 
> My problem is to export a filesystem to some other machine,
> so that the access list is longer than 256 characters.
> This happens soon because I have to use the the full qualified
> hostnames.
> 
> If the access list is longer than 256 characters, all
> machines can mount the filesystem, even those, which
> are not in the access list!!!
> 
> I can not use netgroups, because netgroups are only
> supported with NIS.
> 
> Is there any solution to my problem?

The only possible solution came from chris@vlsi.cs.caltech.edu:

> What you can do is get ypfake from cs.toronto.edu using anonymous ftp in
> the pub directory and create a new libc.so with these routines in place of
> suns NIS routines.  You can also rename this shared library as libn.so and
> edit the rpc.mountd binary to use libn.so as the shared library.

After reading the README of ypfake, I think it is too much action
for me. I mean there should be a clean solution from Sun for
this problem. Obviously I am not alone with this problem. The most
mails were 'ME TOO' mails. Where is YOUR solution, Sun?

In any case, thanks very much for all answers,
Martin.
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