Name

mountd

Synopsis

rpc.mountd [options]

Description

NFS/NIS command. NFS mount request server. mountd reads the file /etc/exports to determine which filesystems are available for mounting by which machines. It also provides information as to what filesystems are mounted by which clients. See also nfsd.

Options

-d, --debug

Debug mode. Output all debugging information via syslogd.

-f file, --exports-file file

Read the export permissions from file instead of /etc/exports.

-n, --allow-non-root

Accept even those mount requests that enter via a non-reserved port.

-p, --promiscuous

Accept requests from any host that sends them.

-r, --re-export

Allow re-exportation of imported filesystems.

-v, --version

Print the version number.

File

/etc/exports

Information about mount permissions.

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