showmount - show mount information for an NFS server
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Bugs
The completeness and accuracy of the information that showmount displays varies according to the NFS
server's implementation.
Because showmount sorts and uniqs the output, it is impossible to determine from the output whether a
client is mounting the same directory more than once.
showmount works by contacting the server's MNT service directly. NFSv4-only servers have no need to
advertise their exported root filehandles via this method, and may not expose their MNT service to
clients.
Description
showmount queries the mount daemon on a remote host for information about the state of the NFS server on
that machine. With no options showmount lists the set of clients who are mounting from that host. The
output from showmount is designed to appear as though it were processed through ``sort -u''.
Name
showmount - show mount information for an NFS server
Options
-a or --all
List both the client hostname or IP address and mounted directory in host:dir format. This info
should not be considered reliable. See the notes on rmtab in rpc.mountd(8).
-d or --directories
List only the directories mounted by some client.
-e or --exports
Show the NFS server's export list.
-h or --help
Provide a short help summary.
-v or --version
Report the current version number of the program.
--no-headers
Suppress the descriptive headings from the output.
See Also
rpc.mountd(8), rpc.nfsd(8)
Synopsis
showmount[-adehv][--all][--directories][--exports][--help][--version][host]
