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From: jfh@cis.ufl.edu (James F. Hranicky)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Cannot export a filesystem to a netgroup -- fixed!
Date: 31 Oct 1995 15:58:34 GMT
Organization: University of Florida, Computer Science Department
Lines: 23
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <475h3a$itj@no-names.nerdc.ufl.edu>
References: <473l3n$1f0@no-names.nerdc.ufl.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: aviator.cis.ufl.edu
Keywords: nis/yp, netgroups, exports, mountd, nfs
Originator: jfh@aviator.cis.ufl.edu


In article <473l3n$1f0@no-names.nerdc.ufl.edu>, jfh@cis.ufl.edu (James F. Hranicky) writes:

> If I have a hostname instead, all seems well. I put a + in 
> /etc/netgroup as per the man page, but it still doesn't seem
> to like my netgroups (this isn't the only one it does this on).

Umm...I created my own /etc/netgroup file, and began my own tests.
Everything went fine, until I put a machine in the file that doesn't
exist -- I duplicated the error I just posted.

Sooo...I guess we need to go clean up our netgroup file. Ya know,
it's a real bummer when you guys make us clean up our security holes.

:->>

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