MOUNT.NFS
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 5 Jun 2006
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NAME
mount.nfs, mount.nfs4 - mount a Network File System
SYNOPSIS
mount.nfs remotetarget dir [-rvVwfnsh ] [-o options]
DESCRIPTION
mount.nfs
is a part of
nfs(5)
utilities package, which provides NFS client functionality.
mount.nfs
is meant to be used by the
mount(8)
command for mounting NFS shares. This subcommand, however, can also be used as a standalone command with limited functionality.
mount.nfs4
is used for mounting NFSv4 file system, while
mount.nfs
is used to mount NFS file systems versions 3 or 2.
remotetarget
is a server share usually in the form of
servername:/path/to/share.
dir
is the directory on which the file system is to be mounted.
OPTIONS
- -r
-
Mount file system readonly.
- -v
-
Be verbose.
- -V
-
Print version.
- -w
-
Mount file system read-write.
- -f
-
Fake mount. Don't actually call the mount system call.
- -n
-
Do not update
/etc/mtab.
By default, an entry is created in
/etc/mtab
for every mounted file system. Use this option to skip making an entry.
- -s
-
Tolerate sloppy mount options rather than fail.
- -h
-
Print help message.
- nfsoptions
-
Refer to
nfs(5)
or
mount(8)
manual pages.
NOTE
For further information please refer
nfs(5)
and
mount(8)
manual pages.
FILES
- /etc/fstab
-
file system table
- /etc/mtab
-
table of mounted file systems
SEE ALSO
nfs(5),
mount(8),
AUTHOR
Amit Gud <agud@redhat.com>