mountd(1M)                         (NFS)                         mountd(1M)


   NAME
         mountd - NFS mount request server

   SYNOPSIS
         mountd [ -n ]

   DESCRIPTION
         mountd is an RPC server that answers file system mount requests.  It
         reads the file /etc/dfs/sharetab, described in sharetab(4), to
         determine which file systems are available for mounting by which
         machines.  It also provides information as to what file systems are
         mounted by which clients.  This information can be printed using the
         dfmounts(1M) command.

         The mountd daemon is automatically invoked in run level 3.

         With the -n option, mountd does 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/dfs/sharetab

   SEE ALSO
         dfmounts(1M), sharetab(4).




























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