Allow rpc.nfsd to suppress tcp or udp, and listen on a specific address.

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

diff --git a/utils/nfsd/nfsd.man b/utils/nfsd/nfsd.man
index a890ea6df12c8f8d8e830dcdc73b2d7df64f6370..4ac709c64d0670c687df7302d666328798be6a15 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/nfsd/nfsd.man
+++ b/utils/nfsd/nfsd.man
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 .SH NAME
 rpc.nfsd \- NFS server process
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SH NAME
 rpc.nfsd \- NFS server process
 .SH SYNOPSIS

-.BI "/usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd [-p " port "] " nproc
+.BI "/usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd [" options "]" " "nproc

 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .B rpc.nfsd
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .B rpc.nfsd


@@ -22,11 +22,39 @@ server provides an ancillary service needed to satisfy mount requests
 by NFS clients.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 by NFS clients.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP

-.BI \-p " port"
+.B \-H " or " \-\-host  hostname
+specify a particular hostname (or address) that NFS requests will
+be accepted on. By default,
+.B rpc.nfsd
+will accept NFS requests on all known network addresses.
+Note that
+.B 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.
+.TP
+.B \-p " or " \-\-port  port

 specify a diferent port to listen on for NFS requests. By default,
 .B rpc.nfsd
 will listen on port 2049.
 .TP
 specify a diferent port to listen on for NFS requests. By default,
 .B rpc.nfsd
 will listen on port 2049.
 .TP

+.B \-N " or " \-\-no-nfs-version vers
+This option can be used to request that 
+.B rpc.nfsd
+does not offer certain versions of NFS. The current version of
+.B rpc.nfsd
+can support both NFS version 2,3 and the newer version 4.
+.TP
+.B \-T " or " \-\-no-tcp
+Disable 
+.B rpc.nfsd 
+from accepting TCP connections from clients.
+.TP
+.B \-U " or " \-\-no-udp
+Disable
+.B rpc.nfsd
+from accepting UDP connections from clients.
+.TP

 .I nproc
 specify the number of NFS server threads. By default, just one
 thread is started. However, for optimum performance several threads
 .I nproc
 specify the number of NFS server threads. By default, just one
 thread is started. However, for optimum performance several threads