mountd(1M)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | FILES | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO | HISTORY

NAME

mountd- NFS daemon providing remote mount services

SYNOPSIS

mountd [-n| -d] [export_file]

DESCRIPTION

mountd is a target utility.

The mountd daemon is the server for NFS mount requests from other client machines. It listens for service requests at the port indicated in the NFS server specification; see "Network File System Protocol Specification" RFC1094.

The following options and operands are available for mountd:

-n

Allows non-root mount requests to be served. This should only be specified if there are clients such as PC's, that require it.

-d

Allows mountd to be set in trace mode, displaying messages for each request. This flag is specific to ChorusOS.

The export file name alternate location can also be specified explicitly when mountd is started. This argument must be in the last position of the argument list. By default, the /etc/exports file is analyzed.

When mountd is started, it loads the export host addresses and options into the kernel using the mount(2POSIX) system call. After changing the exports file, a hangup signal should be sent to the mountd daemon so that it reloads the export information. All error messages are displayed to the screen, not in a log file. Upon each successful remote mount operation the /etc/mtab is updated containing the following information:

• The name of the machine

• The mounted file system

The /etc/exports file contains the list of exported file systems.

FILES

/etc/exports

/etc/mtab

ATTRIBUTES

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

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Evolving

SEE ALSO

exports(4CC), nfsd(1M), portmap(1M), mount(2POSIX)

HISTORY

The mountd utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | FILES | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO | HISTORY