Why does 'showmount -a' show stale entries of previous mounts?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After a NFS client shuts down, showmount -a command on NFS server still show information about the client.
  • showmount -a shows stale entries of NFS mounts which no longer exist on clients.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (ALL)

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