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From: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>
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Subject: Re: re-export nfs possible?
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nbecker@fred.net writes:

> Is it possible to mount a fs via nfs, and then reexport it via nfs?

Currently, no.

With some restrictions, it could be done. For any given IP address,
you could export or re-export filesystems from _one_ source server.
Anything more is like trying to cram N+1 bits into an N-bit sack,
and no you can't assume the bits are compressible.