showmount(8nfs)showmount(8nfs)Name
showmount - show remotely-mounted file systems
Syntax
/usr/etc/showmount [ -a ] [ -d ] [ -e ] [ host ]
Description
The command lists all of the NFS client machines that have remotely mounted a filesystem from the NFS server host . This information is
maintained by the daemon on host, and is saved across crashes in the file. The default value for host is the value returned by or
Options-d List directories that have been remotely mounted by clients.
-a Print all remote mounts in the format:
hostname:directory
In this format, hostname is the name of the client, and directory is the directory that has been mounted.
-e Print the list of file systems exported by the NFS server, host.
Restrictions
If an NFS client crashes, will incorrectly report that the client still has a file system mounted, until the crashed client reboots.
See Alsohostname(1), exports(5nfs), rmtab(5nfs), mountd(8nfs)showmount(8nfs)
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showmount(1M) System Administration Commands showmount(1M)NAME
showmount - show remote mounts
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/showmount [-ade] [hostname]
DESCRIPTION
showmount lists the clients that have remotely mounted a filesystem from host. This information is maintained by the mountd(1M) server on
host, and is saved across crashes in the file /etc/rmtab. The default value for host is the value returned by hostname(1).
The showmount command does not display the names of NFS Version 4 clients.
OPTIONS -a Print all remote mounts in the format:
hostname : directory
where hostname is the name of the client, and directory is the root of the file system that has been mounted.
-d List directories that have been remotely mounted by clients.
-e Print the list of shared file systems.
FILES
/etc/rmtab
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWnfscu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO hostname(1), mountd(1M), attributes(5)
Solaris 10 Installation Guide: Basic Installations
BUGS
If a client crashes, its entry will not be removed from the list of remote mounts on the server.
SunOS 5.10 26 Oct 2004 showmount(1M)
I'm trying to share some directories with NFS among Debian machines. In order to do so, I installed nfs-common and nfs-kernel-server on the server machine. It seemed that starting portmap daemon lasted a long time and I get the following messages in /var/log/messages:
Jan 30 18:18:03 masternode... (26 Replies)
Hi,
when i give showmount -a command following is the error that i get.
root@server # showmount -a
showmount: server: RPC: Program not registered
Can anyone say the cause for that, and also a solution. (5 Replies)
Hi Admins;
I am working on nfs mount on solaris10.
I can mount the remote directory from remote nfs server, but when I try "showmount -e serverIP " on client ; it shows nothing, just hanging...
Anyone does know why showmount is not showing the exported share?
Thanks (2 Replies)
Configure nfs4 on aix ok
i did all
chnfsdom #return correct domain
chnfs -r /export
chnfs -p /export
configured and shared pseudo root
#etc/exports
/export -nfsroot
/var/pubblica -exname=/export/pubblica,vers=4,sec=sys:krb5p:krb5i:krb5:dh,rw
exportfs -a
mount correct
mount... (1 Reply)