The “showmount” command is used to display information about the NFS exports on a remote server. Which is typically used to check which file systems are being shared by a remote NFS server.
- About showmount : It is used to show mount information from a NFS server
- Comes From: nfs-utils-x.x.x
- Configuration Files:
- Path: /usr/sbin/showmount
Examples:
1. To list both the client hostname or IP address and mounted directory in host:dir format
| # showmount -a # showmount –all |
2. To list only the directories mounted by some client
| # showmount -d 192.168.27.100 # showmount –directories 192.168.27.100 |
3. To show the NFS servers export list
| # showmount -e 192.168.27.100 # showmount –exports 192.168.27.100 |
4. To get the help
| # showmount -h # showmount –help |
5. To get the version
| # showmount -v # showmount –version |
6. To suppress the descriptive headings from the output
| # showmount –no-headers |
Related Commands: rpc.mountd, rpc.nfsd
