NFS Services Administrator's Guide (B.11.31.04) March 2009

Unsharing (Removing) a Shared Directory

NOTE: Before you unshare a directory, run the showmount -a command to verify

whether any clients are accessing the shared directory. If users are accessing the shared

directories, they must exit the directories before you unshare the directory.

A directory that is shared can be unshared. You can temporarily unshare a directory

using the unshare command. If you want to remove a directory from being

automatically shared at server restart or system reboot, remove it from the /etc/dfs/

dfstab file.

NOTE: To unshare all the directories without restarting the server, use the

unshareall command. This command reads the entries in the /etc/dfs/dfstab

file and unshares all the shared directories. Use the share command to verify whether

all the directories are unshared.

To unshare a shared directory and to prevent it from being automatically shared, follow

these steps:

Automatic Unshare

1. Use a text editor to comment or remove the entries in the /etc/dfs/dfstab file

for each directory that you want to unshare. Users on clients cannot mount the

unshared directory after the server is rebooted.

2. To verify whether all the directories are unshared, enter the following command:

The directory that you have unshared should not be present in the list displayed.

Manual Unshare

1. To remove a directory from the server’s internal list of shared directories, enter

the following command:

unshare directoryname

2. To verify whether all the directories are unshared, enter the following command:

The directory that you have unshared should not be present in the list displayed.

Disabling the NFS Server

To disable the NFS server, follow these steps:

1. On the NFS server, enter the following command to unshare all the shared

directories:

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