RMTAB(4-SysV)       RISC/os Reference Manual        RMTAB(4-SysV)



NAME
     rmtab - remotely mounted file system table

DESCRIPTION
     rmtab resides in the directory /etc and contains a record of
     all clients that have done remote mounts of file systems
     from this machine.  Whenever a remote mount is done, an
     entry is made in the rmtab file of the machine serving up
     that file system.  umount removes entries, if of a remotely
     mounted file system.  umount -a broadcasts to all servers,
     and informs them that they should remove all entries from
     rmtab created by the sender of the broadcast message.  By
     placing a umount -a command in /etc/rc.boot, rmtab tables
     can be purged of entries made by a crashed host, which upon
     rebooting did not remount the same file systems it had
     before.  The table is a series of lines of the form:

           hostname:directory

     This table is used only to preserve information between
     crashes, and is read only by mountd(1M) when it starts up.
     mountd keeps an in-core table, which it uses to handle
     requests from programs like showmount(1M) and shutdown(1M).

FILES
     /etc/rmtab

SEE ALSO
     mount(1M), mountd(1M), showmount(1M), shutdown(1M) in the
     System Administrator's Reference Manual.

BUGS
     Although the rmtab table is close to the truth, it is not
     always 100% accurate.

ORIGIN
     Sun Microsystems


















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