Hi Jeremy
I'm not sure it really makes any difference from an exports perspective.  If you update /etc/exports and export what's already exported, I wouldn't expect it to change.  In fact it doesn't, even if you reboot.
 
Now nested mounts are a totally different story.  You need to mount those in order from highest to lowest.
 
Share and enjoy!
 
Peter
From: Page, Jeremy [mailto:jeremy.page@gilbarco.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 1:37 PM
To: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: Re-exporting your /etc/exports - how do I get a change in order of shares to take effect?

I have several NFS mount points that also have child directories also exported and I’ve been told that you should export the parent directories first, then the children. I’ve updated my /etc/exports file and ran exportfs –r on the filer but it does not look like it’s taking effect if I do an exportfs to see what’s currently exported. How do I get the exports in the correct order?

 

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