Cleaned up the wording in the rpc.nfsd(8) manpage

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

diff --git a/utils/nfsd/nfsd.man b/utils/nfsd/nfsd.man
index 4ac709c64d0670c687df7302d666328798be6a15..4eb3e211ffbab6791955987db21d83b0ed4f9537 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/nfsd/nfsd.man
+++ b/utils/nfsd/nfsd.man
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" nfsd(8)
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 1999 Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
 .\" nfsd(8)
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 1999 Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>

-.TH rpc.nfsd 8 "31 May 1999"
+.TH rpc.nfsd 8 "7 Aug 2006"

 .SH NAME
 rpc.nfsd \- NFS server process
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SH NAME
 rpc.nfsd \- NFS server process
 .SH SYNOPSIS


@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The
 .B rpc.nfsd
 program implements the user level part of the NFS service. The
 main functionality is handled by the
 .B rpc.nfsd
 program implements the user level part of the NFS service. The
 main functionality is handled by the

-.B nfsd.o
+.B nfsd

 kernel module; the user space program merely starts the specified
 number of kernel threads.
 .P
 kernel module; the user space program merely starts the specified
 number of kernel threads.
 .P


@@ -64,8 +64,20 @@ load created by the NFS clients, but a useful starting point is
 the
 .BR nfsstat (8)
 program.
 the
 .BR nfsstat (8)
 program.

+.P
+Note that if the NFS server is already running, then the options for
+specifying host, port, and protocol will be ignored.  The number of
+processes given will be the only option considered, and the number of
+active
+.B nfsd
+processes will be increased or decreased to match this number.
+In particular
+.B rpc.nfsd 0
+will stop all threads and thus close any open connections.
+

 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR rpc.mountd (8),
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR rpc.mountd (8),

+.BR exports (5),

 .BR exportfs (8),
 .BR rpc.rquotad (8),
 .BR nfsstat (8).
 .BR exportfs (8),
 .BR rpc.rquotad (8),
 .BR nfsstat (8).