rpc.mountd(8)						      System Manager's Manual						     rpc.mountd(8)

NAME

       rpc.mountd - NFS mount daemon

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd [options]

DESCRIPTION

       The  rpc.mountd program implements the NFS mount protocol. When receiving a MOUNT request from an NFS client, it checks the request against
       the list of currently exported file systems. If the client is permitted to mount the file system, rpc.mountd  obtains  a  file  handle  for
       requested directory and returns it to the client.

   Exporting NFS File Systems
       Making file systems available to NFS clients is called exporting.

       Usually,  a file system and the hosts it should be made available to are listed in the /etc/exports file, and invoking exportfs -a whenever
       the system is booted. The exportfs(8) command makes export information available to both the kernel NFS server module  and  the	rpc.mountd
       daemon.

       Alternatively, you can export individual directories temporarily using exportfs's host:/directory syntax.

   The rmtab File
       For  every  mount  request  received from an NFS client, rpc.mountd adds an entry to the /var/lib/nfs/rmtab file. When receiving an unmount
       request, that entry is removed.	user level part of the NFS service.

       However, this file is mostly ornamental. One, the client can continue to use the file handle even after calling rpc.mountd 's UMOUNT proce-
       dure. And two, if a client reboots without notifying rpc.mountd , a stale entry will remain in rmtab.

OPTIONS

       -d kind	or  --debug kind
	      Turn on debugging for kind.

       -F  or  --foreground
	      Run in foreground (do not daemonize)

       -f  or  --exports-file
	      This  option  specifies  the exports file, listing the clients that this server is prepared to serve and parameters to apply to each
	      such mount (see exports(5)).  By default, export information is read from /etc/exports.

       -h  or  --help
	      Display usage message.

       -o num  or  --descriptors num
	      Set the limit of the number of open file descriptors to num. The default is 256.

       -N  or  --no-nfs-version
	      This option can be used to request that rpc.mountd do not offer certain versions of NFS. The current version of rpc.mountd can  sup-
	      port both NFS version 2 and the newer version 3. If the NFS kernel module was compiled without support for NFSv3, rpc.mountd must be
	      invoked with the option --no-nfs-version 3 .

       -n  or  --no-tcp
	      Don't advertise TCP for mount.

       -P     Ignored (compatibility with unfsd??).

       -p  or  --port num
	      Force rpc.mountd to bind to the specified port num, instead of using the random port number assigned by the portmapper.

       -V  or  --nfs-version
	      This option can be used to request that rpc.mountd offer certain versions of NFS. The current version of rpc.mountd can support both
	      NFS version 2 and the newer version 3.

       -v  or  --version
	      Print the version of rpc.mountd and exit.

TCP_WRAPPERS SUPPORT
       This  rpc.mountd  version  is  protected  by  the  tcp_wrapper library. You have to give the clients access to rpc.mountd if they should be
       allowed to use it. To allow connects from clients of the .bar.com domain you could use the following line in /etc/hosts.allow:

       mountd: .bar.com

       You have to use the daemon name mountd for the daemon name (even if the binary has a different name).

       For further information please have a look at the tcpd(8) and hosts_access(5) manual pages.

SEE ALSO

       rpc.nfsd(8), exportfs(8), exports(5), rpc.rquotad(8).

FILES

       /etc/exports, /var/lib/nfs/xtab.

AUTHOR

       Olaf Kirch, H. J. Lu, G. Allan Morris III, and a host of others.

								    25 Aug 2000 						     rpc.mountd(8)