how does one consult /etc/nfsmount.conf when NFS mounting?
Ed Greshko
Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Mon Jan 4 15:57:28 UTC 2010
Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> undoubtedly a few more NFS-related questions, and here's one. i
> notice that the nfs-utils package supplies the conf file
> /etc/nfsmount.conf. so what exactly consults that file?
>
> the man page for that file refers to nfs(5) and mount(8), but the
> man page for "mount" makes no mention of that file, while the man page
> for "nfs" reads:
>
> MOUNT CONFIGURATION FILE
> If the mount command is configured to do so, all of the mount
> options described in the previous section can also be configured
> in the /etc/nfsmount.conf file. See nfsmount.conf(5) for details.
>
> if it's configured to do so? and how does one do that, since the
> mount command doesn't seem to refer to that file. so how are these
> things hooked together?
>
>
I'll hazard a guess and say that if you issue a "mount" command with -t
nfs then this file will be consulted.
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