Used to display the list of shared directories (exports) on a remote NFS server.
showmount -e <ip>
e: This option is used to display the list of exports on the specified NFS server.
When you run showmount -e <ip>, the NFS server responds with a list of directories that it has exported for mounting by NFS clients. Each line in the output typically represents a shared directory along with information about the clients that have mounted it.
Example output might look like:
Export list for <ip>:
/path/to/exported/directory client1 client2
/another/exported/directory client3
In this example:
/path/to/exported/directory is exported and can be mounted by client1 and client2.
/another/exported/directory is exported and can be mounted by client3.
Then we can try to mount the NFS share:
sudo mount -t nfs <ip>:<remote_folder> <local_folder> -o nolock [-o vers=2]
Then unmount it:
sudo umount <local_folder>