mount.nfs - nordirplus option

[nfs-utils.git] / utils / mount / nfs.man

diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man
index 614de46764fa19f1a23ee9374f79f9c24eff266d..673556ca6c37a6b6baf33b1200645a08c1240ada 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/mount/nfs.man
+++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man
@@ -195,11 +195,18 @@ many other operating systems.
 .TP 1.5i
 .I nolock
 Disable NFS locking. Do not start lockd.
-This has to be used with some old NFS servers
-that don't support locking.  Note that applications can
-still get locks on files, but the locks only provide exclusion
-locally.  Other clients mounting the same filesystem
-will not be able to detect the locks.
+This is appropriate for mounting the root filesystem or
+.B /usr
+or
+.BR /var .
+These filesystems are typically either read-only or not shared, and in
+those cases, remote locking is not needed.
+This also needs to be used with some old NFS servers
+that don't support locking.
+.br
+Note that applications can still get locks on files, but the locks
+only provide exclusion locally.  Other clients mounting the same
+filesystem will not be able to detect the locks.
 .TP 1.5i
 .I bg
 If the first NFS mount attempt times out, retry the mount
@@ -276,6 +283,11 @@ support UDP.
 .TP 1.5i
 .I udp
 Mount the NFS filesystem using the UDP protocol.
+.TP 1.5i
+.I nordirplus
+Disables NFSv3 READDIRPLUS RPCs. Use this option when
+mounting servers that don't support or have broken
+READDIRPLUS implementations.
 .P
 All of the non-value options have corresponding nooption forms.
 For example, nointr means don't allow file operations to be