4 .\" Copyright (C) 1999 Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
5 .TH rpc.mountd 8 "31 May 1999"
7 rpc.mountd \- NFS mount daemon
9 .BI "/usr/sbin/rpc.mountd [" options "]"
13 program implements the NFS mount protocol. When receiving a MOUNT
14 request from an NFS client, it checks the request against the list of
15 currently exported file systems. If the client is permitted to mount
18 obtains a file handle for requested directory and returns it to
20 .SS Exporting NFS File Systems
21 Making file systems available to NFS clients is called
24 Usually, a file system and the hosts it should be made available to
29 whenever the system is booted. The
31 command makes export information available to both the kernel NFS
36 Alternatively, you can export individual directories temporarily
42 For every mount request received from an NFS client,
45 .B /var/state/nfs/rmtab
46 file. When receiving an unmount request, that entry is removed.
47 user level part of the NFS service.
49 However, this file is mostly ornamental. One, the client can continue
50 to use the file handle even after calling
52 UMOUNT procedure. And two, if a client reboots without notifying
54 a stale entry will remain in
58 .\" This file isn't touched by mountd at all--even though it
59 .\" accepts the option.
60 .\" .BR \-f " or " \-\-exports-file
61 .\" This option specifies the exports file, listing the clients that this
62 .\" server is prepared to serve and parameters to apply to each
65 .\" By default, export information is read from
66 .\" .IR /etc/exports .
68 .BR \-N " or " \-\-no-nfs-version
69 This option can be used to request that
71 does not offer certain versions of NFS. The current version of
73 can support both NFS version 2 and the newer version 3. If the
74 NFS kernel module was compiled without support for NFSv3,
76 must be invoked with the option
77 .BR "\-\-no-nfs-version 3" .
79 .BR \-v " or " \-\-version
90 .BR /var/state/nfs/xtab .
92 Olaf Kirch, H. J. Lu, G. Allan Morris III, and a host of others.