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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 Also
       hostname(1), exports(5nfs), rmtab(5nfs), mountd(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)
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