Add a SEE ALSO in nfsd man page

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

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@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 .\" 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

-.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


@@ -36,8 +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).