Re: updating nfs on the fly

["Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel Infinity-ltd com>]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Hidong Kim wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to add another volume to the /etc/exports on one of the machines
> in our NIS network.  I add the new entry, and do 'exportfs', but the new
> entry does not show up in the list of exported volumes that scrolls by
> on the screen.  I find that I have to restart nfs on the exporting
> machine to accept a new volume to export.  Is there a way to add a new
> exported volume without having to restart nfs?  These machines are 6.2
> and 7.1.  Thanks,
>
>
>
> Hidong
>
"xportfs -r", "service nfs reload", or "/etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs reload" are
all options that come to mind...  (reload, not restart!)

Mikkel
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