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32.\"     @(#)mountd.8	5.6 (Berkeley) 3/16/91
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34.Dd March 16, 1991
35.Dt MOUNTD 8
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm mountd
39.Nd service remote
40.Tn NFS
41mount requests
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm /sbin/mountd
44.Op Fl n
45.Op Ar exportsfile
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47.Xr Mountd
48is the server for
49.Tn NFS
50mount requests from other client machines.
51.Xr Mountd
52listens for service requests at the port indicated in the
53.Tn NFS
54server specification; see
55.%T "Network File System Protocol Specification" ,
56RFC1094.
57.Pp
58Options and operands available for
59.Nm mountd :
60.Bl -tag -width Ds
61.It Fl n
62The
63.Fl n
64option allows non-root mount requests to be served.
65This should only be specified if there are clients such as PC's,
66that require it.
67.It Ar exsportfile
68The
69.Ar exportsfile
70argument specifies an alternate location
71for the exports file.
72.El
73.Pp
74Sending a
75.Dv SIGHUP
76signal to
77.Xr mountd
78will cause it to reread its exports file.
79.Sh FILES
80.Bl -tag -width /etc/exports -compact
81.It Pa /etc/exports
82.El
83.Sh SEE ALSO
84.Xr nfsstat 1 ,
85.Xr exports 5 ,
86.Xr nfsd 8 ,
87.Xr portmap 8 ,
88.Xr showmount 8
89.Sh HISTORY
90The
91.Nm
92command
93.Ud
94