Mounting a remote resource explicitly

To mount a remote resource using the mount command, you must be able to reach, via a network, the server that is sharing the resource you want to mount.

The syntax of the mount command as it relates to mounting distributed file systems is:

mount [-F FSType] [-V] [current_options] [-o specific_options]
[special | mount_point]

mount [-F FSType] [-V] [current_options] [-o specific_options]
special mount_point

See the mount(1M) manual page for an explanation of the options accepted by the mount command.

Resources mounted explicitly with the mount command stay mounted unless you unmount them, using umount, or you exit system state 3. If you exit system state 3 and reenter it, the resource is no longer mounted (unless you edited the /etc/vfstab file to include the mount automatically).

For information about NFS-specific options, see ``Using NFS on a client''. For an illustration of how to mount remote resources, refer to ``Examples: mounting remote resources''.

Examples: mounting remote resources

• You want to mount an NFS resource residing on a server called ``tools.srv.'' The resource is a directory called graphics in the server's /usr directory. You created a mount point called graphics in your /usr/tools directory. You want to mount the resource read/write, and you want set-UID bits to be ignored. Type the following:
  
  mount -o nosuid tools.srv:/usr/graphics /usr/tools/graphics

  Because no access rights are specified, the directory is mounted read/write by default.

• You want to hard mount a directory containing manual pages that reside on a server called ``docgroup.'' You want the directory mounted read-only, with interrupt enabled. The directory is an NFS resource named /usr/man. You want to mount the directory to a mount point of the same name on your machine. You want mount to execute faster by not relying on autodetection of file system type. Enter the following:
  
  mount -F nfs -o ro,intr docgroup:/usr/man /usr/man