NFSv2/usr/man/man8/mountd.8c

.\" @(#)mountd.8c 1.3 85/04/05 SMI;
.TH MOUNTD 8C "1 February 1985"
.SH NAME
mountd \- NFS mount request server
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /usr/etc/rpc.mountd
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX  "mountd command"  ""  "\fLmountd\fP \(em NFS mount server"
.IX  "NFS mount server"  ""  "NFS mount server \(em \fLmountd\fP"
.IX  servers  mountd  ""  "\fLmountd\fP \(em mount request server"
.LP
.I Mountd
is an
.IR rpc (4)
server that answers file system mount requests.
It reads the file
.IR /etc/exports ,
described in
.IR exports (5),
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 information can be printed using the
.IR showmount (8)
command.
.LP
The 
.I mountd
daemon is normally invoked by
.IR inetd (8C).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
exports(5), services(5), inetd(8), showmount(8)