mountd(1M)

NAME
     mountd - NFS mount/umount request server

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/etc/rpc.mountd [ -nlr ]

DESCRIPTION
     mountd is an rpc(4) server that answers rpc filesystem mount/umount
     requests.  One such sender of the requests is autofs.  mountd reads the
     file /etc/xtab (described in exportfs(1M)) to determine which filesystems
     are available to which machines and users.  It also provides information
     as to which clients have filesystems mounted.  This information is stored
     in the servers /etc/rmtab file and can be accessed using the
     showmount(1M) command.

     The mountd daemon is normally invoked by inetd(1M).

OPTIONS
     -n             Normally, mountd only accepts requests from clients using
                    a privileged (i.e. secure) port.  This option disables
                    this check and allows mountd to accept requests from any
                    port.

     -l seconds     By default when started via inetd, if mountd has not
                    serviced any requests in 60 seconds it will terminate.
                    This option can be used to adjust the time period.  The
                    minimum period is 1 second. If set to a value too large,
                    your /etc/rmtab file will possibly grow bigger than you
                    would like because of the way it is managed.

     -r             Remove entries thought to be corrupted from the /etc/rmtab
                    file.  If you have host names with pound (#) signs in them
                    or exported paths with pound signs or colons (:) do not
                    use this option.

FILES
     /etc/rmtab
     /etc/xtab

SEE ALSO
     inetd(1M), showmount(1M), exportfs(1M), rmtab(4), services(4).