MOUNTD(1M)                      Domain/OS SysV                      MOUNTD(1M)



NAME
     mountd - daemon to manage file system mount requests

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/mountd [option]

     Normally started by /etc/rc.nfs.  See description below.

DESCRIPTION
     The /etc/rc.nfs script normally starts up /etc/mountd, if the file
     /etc/daemons/mountd exists. (Note that it is the existence of
     /etc/daemons/mountd that causes /etc/rc.nfs to invoke /etc/mountd.  The
     contents of the file are irrelevant.)

     The mountd server daemon runs on a server host and manages file system
     mount requests.  It must be run by root.  When mountd receives a request
     from a client host, it consults the server host's /etc/exports file to
     determine if the client host can access the requested file system.  The
     daemon also supplies the showmount(1m) command with information about
     client hosts that have file systems mounted.

     The portmap daemon must be running on a host before mountd is invoked on
     that host.

OPTION
     -r        Causes /.. to be exported whenever / is exported.  This
               improves interoperability when running the ONC automount
               daemon.

SEE ALSO
     nfsd(1m), portmap(1m)