---
name: "mount_url"
section: "8"
platform: "macos"
package: "autofs"
version: "322"
release: "macOS 26.5"
platforms: ["macos"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mount_url"
---

# mount\_url(8)

mount a remote file system given a URL

## NAME

**mount\_url** – mount a remote file system given a URL

## SYNOPSIS

**/usr/libexec/mount\_url** \[**-nrw**\] \[**-o** *options*\] *URL* *node*

## DESCRIPTION

The **mount\_url** program mounts a remote file system, specified by *URL*, on *node*.

The options are as follows:

- **-n**

  The mount should be done through the NetAuth agent.

- **-o**

  Options are specified with a **-o** flag followed by a comma separated string of options. See the [mount(8)](/mount/8.md) man page for possible options and their meanings. The following option is also available:

  - **soft**

    Make the mount soft.

- **-r**

  The file system is to be mounted read-only. Mount the file system read-only (even the super-user may not write it). The same as the “rdonly” argument to the **-o** option.

- **-w**

  The file system object is to be read and write.

## SEE ALSO

[mount(2)](/mount/2.md), [umount(8)](/umount/8.md)