Sometime you get the error “showmount : command not found” if you check the nfs mount directory on your system.
In this article I will show you how you can install showmount command on your CentOS/RHEL system.
Install showmount
Follow the below command to install the showmount command on CentOS/RHEL system.
# yum install showmount Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security Setting up Install Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * epel: mirror.compevo.com * openvz-kernel-rhel6: mirror.steadfast.net * openvz-utils: mirror.steadfast.net * rpmforge: mirror.lstn.net Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package nfs-utils.x86_64 1:1.2.3-75.el6_9 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: nfs-utils-lib >= 1.1.0-3 for package: 1:nfs-utils-1.2.3-75.el6_9.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: keyutils >= 1.4-4 for package: 1:nfs-utils-1.2.3-75.el6_9.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: libnfsidmap.so.0()(64bit) for package: 1:nfs-utils-1.2.3-75.el6_9.x86_64 --> Running transaction check ---> Package keyutils.x86_64 0:1.4-5.el6 will be installed ---> Package nfs-utils-lib.x86_64 0:1.1.5-13.el6 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================================================================ Installing: nfs-utils x86_64 1:1.2.3-75.el6_9 updates 336 k Installing for dependencies: keyutils x86_64 1.4-5.el6 base 39 k nfs-utils-lib x86_64 1.1.5-13.el6 base 71 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================================================================================ Install 3 Package(s) Total download size: 446 k Installed size: 1.2 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/3): keyutils-1.4-5.el6.x86_64.rpm | 39 kB 00:00 (2/3): nfs-utils-1.2.3-75.el6_9.x86_64.rpm | 336 kB 00:00 (3/3): nfs-utils-lib-1.1.5-13.el6.x86_64.rpm | 71 kB 00:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 34 MB/s | 446 kB 00:00 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing : keyutils-1.4-5.el6.x86_64 1/3 Installing : nfs-utils-lib-1.1.5-13.el6.x86_64 2/3 Installing : 1:nfs-utils-1.2.3-75.el6_9.x86_64 3/3 Verifying : keyutils-1.4-5.el6.x86_64 1/3 Verifying : nfs-utils-lib-1.1.5-13.el6.x86_64 2/3 Verifying : 1:nfs-utils-1.2.3-75.el6_9.x86_64 3/3 Installed: nfs-utils.x86_64 1:1.2.3-75.el6_9 Dependency Installed: keyutils.x86_64 0:1.4-5.el6 nfs-utils-lib.x86_64 0:1.1.5-13.el6 Complete!
Verify
Run the below command to verify it.
# showmount -e
You will get some output like below.
Export list for localhost.localhost: /opt/share 192.168.0.5
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