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mountd(8)
NAME
  mountd - Services remote NFS compatible mount requests

SYNOPSIS
  mountd [-n] [-i] [-d] [-s] [exportsfile]

FLAGS
  -n	    The optional -n option allows non-root mount requests to be
	    served.  This should only be specified if there are clients such
	    as PC's that require it.  ULTRIX BSD allowed non-root mount
	    requests by default.  Use the -n flag to allow non-root mount
	    requests.

  -i	    Turns on Internet address verification for mounts and unmounts.
	    If the client's address cannot be translated to a host name, the
	    request is rejected.  If you are running the BIND service, the
	    BIND server is used to translate the address.  If you are not,
	    the /etc/hosts file is used.

	    If the -i option is not used and the client's address cannot be
	    translated, the address is converted to a string of the form
	    xx.xx.xx.xx.  This allows access to exported file systems that do
	    not specify a list of allowed hostnames.

  -d	    Turns on Internet address verification and domain checking.	 If
	    you are running the BIND service, mountd will verify that the
	    host requesting a mount or unmount is in the server's domain.

  -s	    Turns on Internet address verification and subdomain checking.
	    If you are running the BIND service, mountd will verify that the
	    host requesting a mount or unmount is in the server's domain or
	    subdomain.

DESCRIPTION
  The mountd daemon is the server for NFS protocol mount requests from
  clients.  The mountd daemon responds to requests from remote computer
  systems to mount directories.	 When getting the signal SIGHUP, mountd
  rereads the exports file.

  The optional exportsfile argument specifies an alternate location for the
  exports file.	 /etc/exports is the default.

  Note, NFS Version 2 can export partitions that are greater than 2
  gigabytes.  However, they appear as 2 gigabyte partitions when viewed from
  NFS clients.




FILES
  /usr/sbin/mountd
	    Specifies the command path

  /etc/exports
	    Contains a list of directories that can be exported

  /var/adm/mountdtab
	    Contains a table of local file systems mounted by remote NFS
	    clients

  /var/adm/syslog.dated/*/daemon.log
	    Contains errors logged by the mountd daemon

RELATED INFORMATION
  Commands: nfsstat(8), nfsd(8), portmap(8), showmount(8)

  Files: exports(4), mountdtab(4)