X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=nfs-utils.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=utils%2Fmount%2Fnfs.man;h=673556ca6c37a6b6baf33b1200645a08c1240ada;hp=614de46764fa19f1a23ee9374f79f9c24eff266d;hb=7182bd393bab963cec65f2688b09e3554ef5a721;hpb=8539d23dc9f982160bd8f825aa54960e7e1d9d03 diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs.man b/utils/mount/nfs.man index 614de46..673556c 100644 --- a/utils/mount/nfs.man +++ b/utils/mount/nfs.man @@ -195,11 +195,18 @@ many other operating systems. .TP 1.5i .I nolock Disable NFS locking. Do not start lockd. -This has to be used with some old NFS servers -that don't support locking. Note that applications can -still get locks on files, but the locks only provide exclusion -locally. Other clients mounting the same filesystem -will not be able to detect the locks. +This is appropriate for mounting the root filesystem or +.B /usr +or +.BR /var . +These filesystems are typically either read-only or not shared, and in +those cases, remote locking is not needed. +This also needs to be used with some old NFS servers +that don't support locking. +.br +Note that applications can still get locks on files, but the locks +only provide exclusion locally. Other clients mounting the same +filesystem will not be able to detect the locks. .TP 1.5i .I bg If the first NFS mount attempt times out, retry the mount @@ -276,6 +283,11 @@ support UDP. .TP 1.5i .I udp Mount the NFS filesystem using the UDP protocol. +.TP 1.5i +.I nordirplus +Disables NFSv3 READDIRPLUS RPCs. Use this option when +mounting servers that don't support or have broken +READDIRPLUS implementations. .P All of the non-value options have corresponding nooption forms. For example, nointr means don't allow file operations to be