From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> I occasionally see people that expect valid info when running showmount against a server that may export some or all filesystems via NFSv4. Let's make it clear that it only works by talking to the remote MNT service, and that that may not be available from a v4-only server. Cc: Jan Fajerski <jfajerski@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> --- utils/showmount/showmount.man | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/utils/showmount/showmount.man b/utils/showmount/showmount.man index a2f510fb5617..35818e1b61c5 100644 --- a/utils/showmount/showmount.man +++ b/utils/showmount/showmount.man @@ -56,5 +56,10 @@ Because .B 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. +.P +.B 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. .SH AUTHOR Rick Sladkey <jrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- 2.21.0
