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Re: nfsd/mountd



> 
> I'm probabely meesing something here, but don't nfsd && mountd do the same
> thing???
> 
> 

Mountd and nfsd have different tasks to perform.

Mountd is the NFS mount request server.  It is an RPC server that answers
file system mount requests.
Nfsd is is the network file system server.  Its purpose is to handle client
file system requests (reqds, writes, etc').


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