mountd(1M) mountd(1M)
NAME
mountd, rpc.mountd - server for NFS mount requests and NFS access checks
SYNOPSIS
n]
DESCRIPTION
is an RPC server that answers requests for NFS access information and file system mount requests. It reads the file to determine which
file systems are available for mounting by which remote machines. See sharetab(4). running on the local server will contact the first
time an NFS client tries to access the file system to determine whether the client should get read-write, read-only, or no access. This
access can be dependent on the security mode used in the remote procedure call from the client. See share_nfs(1M).
The command also provides information as to what file systems are mounted by which clients. This information can be printed using the
showmount(1M) command.
The daemon is automatically invoked if and in
Only superuser can run the daemon.
Options
The following options are supported:
This is an obsolete option. All messages and errors are logged to
Reject mount requests from clients. Clients that have file systems
mounted will not be affected.
Specify tracing level
n, where n can have one of the following values:
Errors only (default).
Errors, requests handled by mountd, results, and the names of the
main functions leading to the result
Run the command in verbose mode. Each time
determines what access a client should get, it will log the result to the as well as the names of the main functions
leading to the result.
WARNINGS
If is running, must also be running in order to be assured that the NFS server can respond to requests.
Some routines that compare hostnames use case-sensitive string comparisons; some do not. If an incoming request fails, verify that the
case of the hostname in the file to be parsed matches the case of the hostname called for, and attempt the request again.
If a client crashes, executing on the server will show that the client still has a file system mounted. In other words, stale entries may
accumulate in for clients that crash without sending an unmount request.
Also, if a client mounts the same remote directory twice, only one entry appears in Doing a of one of these directories removes the single
entry and no longer indicates that the remote directory is mounted.
AUTHOR
was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
FILES
shared file system table
list of all hosts having file systems mounted from this machine
rpc.mountd log file for messages and errors
SEE ALSO
nfsd(1M), share(1M), share_nfs(1M), showmount(1M), sharetab(4).
mountd(1M)
