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 d175d11677b8a39795e168da1ee72db0fa31e008..4ac709c64d0670c687df7302d666328798be6a15 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/nfsd/nfsd.man
+++ b/utils/nfsd/nfsd.man
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ server provides an ancillary service needed to satisfy mount requests
 by NFS clients.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 by NFS clients.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP

+.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
 .B \-p " or " \-\-port  port
 specify a diferent port to listen on for NFS requests. By default,
 .B rpc.nfsd


@@ -34,6 +45,16 @@ 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 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