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NAME
pfs_mountd, pfs_mountd.rpc - PFS mount request server
SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/pfs_mountd
DESCRIPTION
This program is available with the Portable File System Package (PFS).
pfs_mountd is an RPC server
that answers file system mount requests. In the case of remote mount requests, it reads the file
/etc/pfs_xtab
, described in pfs_exports(5), to determine which file systems are available for mounting
by which machines.
It is recommended that the
pfs_mountd daemon be invoked by rc(1M). It must be invoked in the back-
ground.
The
pfs mount daemon is composed of two programs:
pfs_mountd and pfs_mountd.rpc
. The
pfs_mountd.rpc
program should not be run directly. It is invoked by the
pfs_mountd program.
The mount daemon assigns servers to mounted file systems in a round-robin fashion. For example, if there
are four pfs daemons, and four
pfs_mount’s are performed, each daemon will be serving a different
mount.
Options
-v Verbose. Show version number, etc.
WARNINGS
PFS is obsolete and no longer supported on any HP-UX release. Delivery of PFS interfaces will be discon-
tinued in the next HP-UX release.
PFS, from Young Minds, Inc. (now defunct), was originally adopted by HP to provide accessibility to Rock
Ridge Interchange file system format on CD-ROM file systems. The equivalent functionality is now pro-
vided via the HP-UX CDFS file system type and HP-UX’s standard file systems commands.
PFS has known functionality and performance problems. HP customers are urged to stop using the PFS
interfaces, including these interfaces,
pfs_mountd and pfs_mountd.rpc
. Customers should move to
accessing all CD-ROM file system formats by using the standard HP-UX commands, specifying the file sys-
tem type as
cdfs. For example, to mount a CD-ROM file system, use:
mount -F cdfs /dev/dsk/c0t0d4 /cdrom
There is no need to treat the cdfs file system type differently from any other file system type, therefore no
special daemons or commands are required to access the variety of CD-ROM file system formats.
See mount(1M) and mount_cdfs(1M).
AUTHOR
pfs_mountd was developed by Young Minds, Inc.
FILES
/etc/pfs_xtab
SEE ALSO
rc(1M), pfs_exports(5).
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