mountd(8) [osx man page]

MOUNTD(8)						    BSD System Manager's Manual 						 MOUNTD(8)

NAME

     mountd -- service remote NFS mount requests

SYNOPSIS

     Obsolete.	See nfsd(8).

DESCRIPTION

     The mountd daemon was formerly the server for NFS mount requests from NFS clients.  This functionality has been moved into the NFS server
     daemon nfsd(8).

     Please refer to nfsd(8) for NFS server documenation.

     The following is a list of former mountd options that are now available as nfsd(8) options:

	   mountd option    nfsd option        Description
	   -n		    -N		       allow non-root mounts
	   -r		    -R		       allow regular file mounts
	   exportsfile	    -F exportsfile     alternate exports file

     However, such configuration options are normally specified via nfs.conf(5).

     When the NFS server is started, it loads the export host addresses and options into the kernel using the nfssvc(2) system call.  After chang-
     ing the list of exports (either directly or indirectly via a change in netgroup membership), the administrator should send a hangup signal to
     the nfsd daemon to get it to reload the export information:

	   kill -s HUP `cat /var/run/nfsd.pid`

     For backwards compatibility, the following should also work:

	   kill -s HUP `cat /var/run/mountd.pid`

     Any errors encountered while processing the export entries will be logged via syslog(3).

FILES

     /etc/exports	  the list of exported filesystems
     /var/run/mountd.pid  the pid of the currently running mountd
     /var/run/mountdtab   the current list of outstanding mounts served
     /var/run/mountdexptab
			  information about exported file systems and directories (UUIDs, handles, ...)

SEE ALSO

     nfsd(8), exports(5), nfs.conf(5), nfsstat(1), portmap(8), showmount(8)

HISTORY

     The mountd utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.  It's functionality was merged into nfsd(8) in Darwin 9.

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mountd(1M)																mountd(1M)

NAME

       mountd - server for NFS mount requests and NFS access checks

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/nfs/mountd [-v] [-r]

       mountd  is  an  RPC  server  that  answers  requests  for  NFS  access  information  and  file  system  mount  requests.  It reads the file
       /etc/dfs/sharetab to determine which file systems are available for mounting by which remote machines. See sharetab(4). nfsd running on the
       local  server  will  contact mountd 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 remoted 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 show-
       mount(1M) command.

       The mountd daemon is automatically invoked by share(1M).

       Only super user can run the mountd daemon.

       The options shown below are supported for NVSv2/v3 clients. They are not supported for Solaris NFSv4 clients.

       -r	Reject mount requests from clients. Clients that have file systems mounted will not be affected.

       -v	Run the command in verbose mode. Each time mountd determines what access a client should get, it will log the result to  the  con-
		sole, as well as how it got that result.

       /etc/dfs/sharetab       shared file system table

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWnfssu 		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       nfsd(1M), share(1M), share_nfs(1M), showmount(1M), nfs(4), sharetab(4), attributes(5)

       Since  mountd  must  be	running for nfsd to function properly, mountd is automatically started by the svc:/network/nfs/server service. See
       nfs(4).

       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.

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