X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=nfs-utils.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=utils%2Fexportfs%2Fnfsd.man;h=7365a1b9037d2bf97534a9365285c17660b29871;hp=b4806b44e62dc377b9c1ac8230f82d3ea799abc7;hb=05f93b531d59df6e976d9b40c97b51546524040a;hpb=928c5db128be787cb6819f075a45730a7b73c8ea diff --git a/utils/exportfs/nfsd.man b/utils/exportfs/nfsd.man index b4806b4..7365a1b 100644 --- a/utils/exportfs/nfsd.man +++ b/utils/exportfs/nfsd.man @@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ .SH NAME nfsd \- special filesystem for controlling Linux NFS server .SH SYNPOSIS -.B "mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfs" +.B "mount -t nfsd nfsd /proc/fs/nfsd" .SH DESCRIPTION The .B nfsd -filessytem is a special filesystem which provides access to the Linux +filesytem is a special filesystem which provides access to the Linux NFS server. The filesystem consists of a single directory which contains a number of files. These files are actually gateways into the NFS server. Writing to them can affect the server. Reading from @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ up to 2.6). This man page does not apply to 2.4 and earlier. As well as this filesystem, there are a collection of files in the .B procfs filesystem (normally mounted at -.BE /proc ) +.BR /proc ) which are used to control the NFS server. This manual page describes all of these files. .P @@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ and .I mountd programs (part of the nfs-utils package) expect to find this filesystem mounted at +.B /proc/fs/nfsd +or .BR /proc/fs/nfs . If it is not mounted, they will fall-back on 2.4 style functionality. This involves accessing the NFS server via a systemcall. This