


MOUNTD(8C)            MAINTENANCE COMMANDS             MOUNTD(8C)



NAME
     mountd, rpc.mountd - NFS mount request server

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/etc/rpc.mountd [ -n ]

AVAILABILITY
     This program  is  available  with  the  _N_e_t_w_o_r_k_i_n_g  software
     installation  option.   Refer  to  _I_n_s_t_a_l_l_i_n_g  _S_u_n_O_S _4._1 for
     information on how to install optional software.

DESCRIPTION
     mountd is an RPC  server  that  answers  file  system  mount
     requests.    It  reads  the  file  /etc/xtab,  described  in
     exports(5), to determine which file  systems  are  available
     for  mounting  by which machines.  It also provides informa-
     tion as to what file systems are mounted by  which  clients.
     This  information can be printed using the showmount(8) com-
     mand.

     The mountd daemon is normally invoked by rc(8).

OPTIONS
     -n   Do not check that the clients are  root  users.  Though
          this  option makes things slightly less secure, it does
          allow older versions (pre-3.0) of client NFS to work.

FILES
     /etc/xtab

SEE ALSO
     exports(5), rc(8), showmount(8)























Sun Release 4.1   Last change: 17 December 1987                 1



