A new option to the mountd daemon lets you specify a port number for mountd to bind to.
Currently, when mountd starts it takes an arbitrary port number, which is different every time you boot your system. As a result, some applications may fail because the port number for the applications are defined in /etc/services and mountd may use one of them.
By using the new mountd -p, you can force mountd to bind to the specified port number instead of using the random port number. For example:
For more information, see the revised mountd(8) reference page that is installed with this kit.
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