mountd(1M)							    mountd(1M)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     mountd - NFS mount/umount request server

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     /usr/etc/rpc.mountd [ -nlr	]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     mountd is an rpc(4) server	that answers rpc filesystem mount/umount
     requests.	One such sender	of the requests	is autofs.  mountd reads the
     file /etc/xtab (described in exportfs(1M))	to determine which filesystems
     are available to which machines and users.	 It also provides information
     as	to which clients have filesystems mounted.  This information is	stored
     in	the servers /etc/rmtab file and	can be accessed	using the
     showmount(1M) command.

     The mountd	daemon is normally invoked by inetd(1M).

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

     -n	port	    Normally, mountd only accepts requests from	clients	using
		    a privileged (i.e. secure) port.  This option disables
		    this check and allows mountd to accept requests from any
		    port.

     -l	seconds	    By default when started via	inetd, if mountd has not
		    serviced any requests in 60	seconds	it will	terminate.
		    This option	can be used to adjust the time period.	The
		    minimum period is 1	second.	If set to a value too large,
		    your /etc/rmtab file will possibly grow bigger than	you
		    would like because of the way it is	managed.

     -r		    Remove entries thought to be corrupted from	the /etc/rmtab
		    file.  If you have host names with pound (#) signs in them
		    or exported	paths with pound signs or colons (:) do	not
		    use	this option.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     inetd(1M),	showmount(1M), exportfs(1M), services(4).


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