[CentOS] NFSv4: Using fsid=0 but *not* exporting the root filesystem
James Pearson
james-p at moving-picture.com
Fri Mar 29 11:56:37 UTC 2019
Frank Thommen wrote:
>
> I would like to use the NFSv4 ability to create a "root" filesystem with
> fsid=0, so that I don't have to refer to the whole path of the exported
> filesystem when I mount it. However I do *not* want this root
> filesystem to be mountable by any host. Is that possible and how?
>
> E.g
> Filesystem:
> /exports/data1
> /exports/data2
> /exports/data3
>
> /etc/exports:
> /exports *(ro,no_subtree_check,fsid=0)
> /exports/data1 host1(rw)
> /exports/data2 host1(rw)
> /exports/data3 host2(rw)
>
>
> host1 and host2 can mount fileserver:/ and access any of the dataN
> directories at least read-only. That is unwanted. I'd like
> /exports/data1 and /exports/data2 to be exclusively accessible by host1
> and /exports/data3 by host2. But I'd still like to be able to mount
> e.f. as fileserver:/data1 instead of fileserver:/exports/data1.
>
> I've search around a lot and I have found the question several times,
> but no solution yet.
It appears to work for me ... host1 will still see data3 under the mount
point - but its contents will be empty - similarly, host2 will see data1
and data2 under the mount point, but their contents will be empty
Or have I missed something ?
James Pearson
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