Return-Path: Received: from mail-pf0-f176.google.com ([209.85.192.176]:34611 "EHLO mail-pf0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751834AbbL1Jk5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Dec 2015 04:40:57 -0500 Received: by mail-pf0-f176.google.com with SMTP id e65so58256530pfe.1 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 2015 01:40:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.1.5.97] ([164.100.31.82]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id sg4sm80035068pac.48.2015.12.28.01.40.54 for (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 28 Dec 2015 01:40:55 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: How do you get /proc/fs/nfs/exports to populate? To: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org References: <567E812E.2040204@gmail.com> From: dE Message-ID: <568103AF.2010500@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 15:11:03 +0530 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <567E812E.2040204@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Ok, got it. It happens that those are made after a mount request. On 12/26/15 17:29, dE wrote: > Hi! > I'm running nfs-utils without init script or systemd unit assistance. > > Since I'm using nfsv4, I'm eliminating the need to start mountd. > > Now if mountd is gone, who populates /proc/fs/nfs/exports? > > But even after running mountd (after an exportfs -a), this file still > does not have any entries. > > Running rpc.nfsd with -- > > rpc.nfsd -d --syslog --port 10000 > > rpc.mountd runs without any arguments.