Enter the line:
showmount -e
followed by a space and the name of the of the host from which the file system
you are mounting exists.
The output displayed lists all the file systems that the remote host has
exported and to which systems it has exported them.
Here is example output from the command line, "showmount -e macaux":
export list for macaux
/cmd/src everyone
/s1 my_system_name sleepy grumpy
In this example, "my_system_name", "sleepy", and "grumpy" systems have
permission to mount the file system "/s1". No other system has permission.
However, "/cmd/src" can be mounted remotely by any system on the network.
If the name of your system is not included in the export list for a particular
file system, you cannot mount that file partition. Consult with the system
administrator of that host to have your system added to the export list.
Here is another example output from the command line, "showmount -e macaux":
export list for macaux
/cmd/src everyone
/s1 my_system_name sleepy mispeled
In this example, "my_system_name", "sleepy", and "mispeled" systems have
permission to mount the file system "/s1". No other system has permission.
However, "/cmd/src" can be mounted remotely by any system on the network.
The system "misspelled" is not spelled correctly in the export file, so that
system cannot mount that partition. Consult with the system administrator of
that host to have your system correctly spelled in the export list.