What does the Showmount command do?

What does the Showmount command do?

The showmount command displays a list of all clients that have remotely mounted a file system from a specified machine in the Host parameter. This information is maintained by the mountd daemon on the Host parameter.

In which version does the NFS command Showmount operate?

The showmount command only shows NFS version 2 and version 3 exports.

How mount NFS in Solaris?

How to Mount a File System From the Command Line

1. Become an administrator. For more information, see How to Obtain Administrative Rights in Oracle Solaris Administration: Security Services.
2. Mount the file system. Type the following command: # mount -F nfs -o ro bee:/export/share/local /mnt.

What is NFS in Solaris?

Network File System (NFS) is a protocol which allows file systems on one system to be made available on a remote system on the network. NFS works on the server-client model with server sharing the resource and client mounting it.

Which Showmount command option is used to used to list only the mounted directories?

-d option
If you only want to list the directories mounted by remote clients, use the -d option.

How do I check NFS shares?

Show NFS shares on NFS Server

1. Use showmount to show NFS shares.
2. Use exportfs to show NFS shares.
3. Use master export file /var/lib/nfs/etab to show NFS shares.
4. Use mount to list NFS mount points.
5. Use nfsstat to list NFS mount points.
6. Use /proc/mounts to list NFS mount points.

How do I share a ZFS file system?

ZFS can automatically share file systems by setting the sharenfs property. Using this property, you do not have to modify the /etc/dfs/dfstab file when a new file system is shared. The sharenfs property is a comma-separated list of options to pass to the share command.

How do I check my NFS mounts?

How can I check NFS share on local machine?

Run the showmount command with the server name to check which NFS exports are available. In this example, localhost is the server name. The output shows the available exports and the IP which they are available from.

How do I test my NFS server?

To verify that NFS is running on each computer:

1. AIX® operating systems: Type the following command on each computer: lssrc -g nfs The Status field for NFS processes should indicate active .
2. Linux® operating systems: Type the following command on each computer: showmount -e hostname.

How do I manually mount NFS?

Steps

1. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.
2. Create a mount point for the file system to be mounted, if necessary. # mkdir /mount-point.
3. Make sure the resource (file or directory) is available from a server.
4. Mount the NFS file system.

How do I use Showmount in Linux?

The showmount command displays a list of all clients that have remotely mounted a file system from a specified machine in the Host parameter. This information is maintained by the mountd daemon on the Host parameter. This information is saved in the /etc/rmtab file in case the server crashes.

How do I list all mount points?

You can use df command to list mount points. You can use -t followed by filesystem type (say ext3, ext4, nfs) to display respective mount points. For examples below df command display all NFS mount points.

What is the command to view all of the mounted file systems?

findmnt command
The findmnt command is a simple command-line utility used to display a list of currently mounted file systems or search for a file system in /etc/fstab, /etc/mtab or /proc/self/mountinfo.