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.TH MOUNTD 8 ""
.UC 7
.SH NAME
mountd \- service remote NFS mount requests
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mountd
[
exportsfile
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Mountd
is the server for
.SM NFS
mount requests from other client machines.
.I Mountd
listens for service requests at the port indicated in the
.SM NFS
server specification; see
``Network File System Protocol Specification, RFC1094''.
The optional argument specifies an alternate location for the exports file.
.SH FILES
/etc/exports
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR nfsstat (1),
.IR nfsd (8),
.IR portmap (8)