showmount Command

This command displays one of the following:

• All clients that have remotely mounted file systems that are shared from an NFS server

• Only the file systems that are mounted by clients

• The shared file systems with the client access information

The showmount command only shows NFS version 2 and version 3 exports. This command does not show NFS version 4 exports.

The command syntax is as follows:

showmount [ -ade ] [ hostname ]

-a

Prints a list of all the remote mounts. Each entry includes the client name and the directory.

-d

Prints a list of the directories that are remotely mounted by clients.

-e

Prints a list of the files that are shared or are exported.

hostname

Selects the NFS server to gather the information from.

If hostname is not specified, the local host is queried.

The following command lists all clients and the local directories that the clients have mounted:

# showmount -a bee
lilac:/export/share/man
lilac:/usr/src
rose:/usr/src
tulip:/export/share/man

The following command lists the directories that have been mounted:

# showmount -d bee
/export/share/man
/usr/src

The following command lists file systems that have been shared:

# showmount -e bee
/usr/src								(everyone)
/export/share/man					eng