MOUNTD(1M)          RISC/os Reference Manual           MOUNTD(1M)



NAME
     mountd - NFS mount request server

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/etc/rpc.mountd [ -f ] [ -n ]

DESCRIPTION
     mountd is an RPC server that answers file system mount
     requests.  It reads the file /etc/xtab, described in
     exports(4), to determine which file systems are available to
     which machines and users.  It also provides information as
     to which clients have file systems mounted.  This informa-
     tion can be printed using the showmount(1M) command.

     The mountd daemon is normally invoked by inetd(1M).

OPTIONS
     -f   Keep process in foreground.  Without this option,
          mountd runs in the background.

     -n   Do 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.
          In order to start up the mount daemon with this option,
          place the -n option on the first line of the file
          /etc/mountd.conf.  This will become activated when the
          machine next boots or mountd is killed off.  Typically,
          one type of EACESS error will be filtered with this
          option.

FILES
     /etc/xtab
     /etc/rpc.mountd.conf

SEE ALSO
     inetd(1M), showmount(1M).
     exports(4), services(4) in the Programmer's Reference
     Manual.

ORIGIN
     Sun Microsystems














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