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showmount(8)
NAME
  showmount - Shows remote NFS compatible mounts on a host

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/bin/showmount [-adeT] [-t nnn] [host]

OPTIONS
  -a  Lists all mount points in the form: hostname:dirpath.  In this form,
      hostname is the name of a client that has remotely mounted a directory
      from an NFS server, and dirpath is the directory that has been mounted.

  -d  Lists only directories that have been remotely mounted by clients.

  -e  Shows exports list for host.

  -T  Specifies an infinite timeout.  The default timeout value is 25
      seconds.

  -t  nnn
      Specifies a timeout value, in seconds.  The default timeout value is 25
      seconds.

  The default value for host is the current hostname.

OPERANDS
  host
      Specifies the name of the NFS server for which you are displaying mount
      information. If this operand is not specified, the showmount command
      uses the current hostname.

DESCRIPTION
  The showmount command shows status information about the NFS server on
  host. By default, it prints the names of all hosts that have NFS file
  systems mounted from the server host.	 See NFS: Network File System
  Protocol Specification, RFC1094, Appendix A for a detailed description of
  the protocol.

NOTES
  The mountd daemon running on the server only has an idea of the actual
  mounts, since the NFS server is stateless.  showmount will only display the
  information as accurately as the mount daemon reports it.

  The default timeout value of 25 seconds can be too brief to read and verify
  an export list.  If you receive timeout messages when using the showmount
  -e command, use either the -T or the -t options to increase the timeout
  value.

FILES
  /usr/bin/showmount
      Specifies the command path

  /etc/mountdtab
      Contains a table of local file systems mounted by remote NFS clients

SEE ALSO
  Commands: mount(8)

  Daemons: mountd(8)

  Files: mountdtab(4)

  NFS: Network File System Protocol Specification, RFC1094, Appendix A

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