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nfsd - Unix, Linux Command
NAME
rpc.nfsd - NFS server processSYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd [options] nprocDESCRIPTION
The rpc.nfsd program implements the user level part of the NFS service. The main functionality is handled by the nfsd.o kernel module; the user space program merely starts the specified number of kernel threads.The rpc.mountd server provides an ancillary service needed to satisfy mount requests by NFS clients.
OPTIONS
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| -H or --host hostname | |
| specify a particular hostname (or address) that NFS requests will be accepted on. By default, rpc.nfsd will accept NFS requests on all known network addresses. Note that lockd (which performs file locking services for NFS) may still accept request on all known network addresses. This may change in future releases of the Linux Kernel. | |
| -p or --port port | |
| specify a diferent port to listen on for NFS requests. By default, rpc.nfsd will listen on port 2049. | |
| -N or --no-nfs-version vers | |
| This option can be used to request that rpc.nfsd does not offer certain versions of NFS. The current version of rpc.nfsd can support both NFS version 2,3 and the newer version 4. | |
| -T or --no-tcp | |
| Disable rpc.nfsd from accepting TCP connections from clients. | |
| -U or --no-udp | |
| Disable rpc.nfsd from accepting UDP connections from clients. | |
| nproc | specify the number of NFS server threads. By default, just one thread is started. However, for optimum performance several threads should be used. The actual figure depends on the number of and the work load created by the NFS clients, but a useful starting point is 8 threads. Effects of modifying that number can be checked using the nfsstat(8) program. |
SEE ALSO
Olaf Kirch, Bill Hawes, H. J. Lu, G. Allan Morris III, and a host of others.Advertisements