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

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

FLAGS
  -a	    Verifies the Internet addresses of hosts that make mount and
	    unmount requests.  If a client's address cannot be translated
	    into a host name by the gethostbyaddr() function and then
	    translated back into the same Internet address by the
	    gethostbyname() function, the request is rejected.

	    This option requires the BIND service for Internet address
	    resolution.	 It offers the highest level of security, especially
	    when combined with the -i option.

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

  -n	    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 is allowed non-root mount requests by default.  Use
	    the -n flag to allow non-root mount requests.

  -i	    Verifies the Internet address of hosts that make mount and
	    unmount requests.  If a client's address cannot be translated
	    into a host name by the gethostbyaddr() function, 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 a 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.

	    The -i option is automatically enabled when either the -d or the
	    -s option is specified.

  -s	    Turns on Internet address verification and subdomain checking.
	    If you are running the BIND service, mountd verifies that a host
	    making a mount or unmount request 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

  /etc/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)

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