Sharing NFS resources with the share command

You should use share at the command line prompt when you want to share a resource for a brief period of time, or on an irregular basis. To share NFS resources in this way, use the following command:

share [-F nfs] [-o specific-options] [-d description] pathname

See the share(1Mnfs) manual page for details, and ``Examples: sharing resources'' for an illustration of the share command in use.

If you enter the -d option, the description is stored in your sharetab file. However, clients will not see the description displayed when they use the dfshares command to list the resources shared on your system.

Examples: sharing resources

• To share the directory /usr with all the server's clients, enter the following command:
  
  share -F nfs /usr

  The resource is shared with read/write permissions by default.

• To ensure that client dancer can access /usr with read-only permission, enter the following command:
  
  share -F nfs -o rw,ro=dancer /usr

• To grant root access on /usr by any user or process whose user ID is 0, enter the following command:
  
  share -F nfs -o anon=0 /usr

  You would share a resource this way only if you are in a trusting environment.