nsmount(1M)                                                        nsmount(1M)



NAME
     nsmount - mount name service filesystem

SYNOPSIS
     nsmount [-vx][-d mountpoint] [-i pid] -p port

DESCRIPTION
     nsmount attaches the filesystem provided by the nsd(1M) daemon.  Nsd
     satisfies the requests using directory service protocols and caches them
     in memory then provides the data as a filesystem using the nfs(4)
     protocol.  There may be no actual remote filesystem containing the data.
     This command is executed directly by the nsd daemon so there is rarely
     any need for it to be run seperately.

OPTIONS
     -d mountpoint
               Uses the given local directory as the mountpoint for the
               filesystem.  The default is /ns.  The name service API routines
               nslookup(3C) and nslist(3C) expect there to be a /ns
               filesystem mounted which provides any remote name service data,
               so changing the mountpoint should be done with care.

     -i pid    This is the process ID of the nsd process supplying the data.
               Nsmount will register an exitop for this process which marks
               this mount as stale if the nsd daemon should die.  Any requests
               subsequently made to this filesystem will timeout immediately.
               The pid defaults to the parent process ID.

     -p port   This specifies the port on which nsd is listening on the local
               host.  This is logged with syslogd(1M) as part of the nsd
               process startup.

     -v        This option enables verbose mode.

     -x        This option specifies that the SGI extended attribute protocol
               should be suported.  This makes nsd extended attributes
               available using the attr command.

SEE ALSO
     nsd(1M)















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