[Bug 1032704] [NEW] exportfs tool does not support ipv6 addresses

[Greg Franklin]

Public bug reported:

The exportfs tool doesn't support ipv6 addresses.

For example, the following does not work:

exportfs -o rw 2001:db8:9:e54::/64:/srv/export

The above command returns the following error:

exportfs: Invalid exporting option: 2001

If we were exporting to a single host, it would be possible to use the
hostname.  However, since we're trying to export to a whole subnet there
is no way to do it using the exportfs utility.

It does work if you have an ipv6 subnet in /etc/exports but we're using
it with corosync/pacemaker which calls the exportfs utility directly.

** Affects: nfs-utils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  exportfs tool does not support ipv6 addresses

Status in “nfs-utils” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The exportfs tool doesn't support ipv6 addresses.

  For example, the following does not work:

  exportfs -o rw 2001:db8:9:e54::/64:/srv/export

  The above command returns the following error:

  exportfs: Invalid exporting option: 2001

  If we were exporting to a single host, it would be possible to use the
  hostname.  However, since we're trying to export to a whole subnet
  there is no way to do it using the exportfs utility.

  It does work if you have an ipv6 subnet in /etc/exports but we're
  using it with corosync/pacemaker which calls the exportfs utility
  directly.

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