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.
 .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
 .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 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
 .P
 All of the non-value options have corresponding nooption forms.
 For example, nointr means don't allow file operations to be