rmtab(4)                  FILE FORMATS                   rmtab(4)



NAME
     rmtab - remotely mounted file system table

DESCRIPTION
     rmtab resides in the directory /etc and contains a record of
     all  clients  that  have  done remote mounts of file systems
     from this machine.  Whenever a  remote  mount  is  done,  an
     entry  is  made  in the rmtab file of the machine serving up
     that file system.  umount removes entries, if of a  remotely
     mounted  file  system.  umount -a broadcasts to all servers,
     and informs them that they should remove  all  entries  from
     rmtab  created  by  the sender of the broadcast message.  By
     placing a umount -a command in  /etc/rc.boot,  rmtab  tables
     can  be purged of entries made by a crashed host, which upon
     rebooting did not remount  the  same  file  systems  it  had
     before.  The table is a series of lines of the form:

          hostname:directory

     This table is used  only  to  preserve  information  between
     crashes,  and  is read only by mountd(1M) when it starts up.
     mountd keeps an in-core  table,  which  it  uses  to  handle
     requests from programs like showmount(1M) and shutdown(1M).

FILES
     /etc/rmtab

SEE ALSO
     mount(1M), mountd(1M), showmount(1M),  shutdown(1M)  in  the
     System Administrator's Reference Manual.

NOTES
     Although the rmtab table is close to the truth,  it  is  not
     always 100% accurate.





















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