X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=nfs-utils.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=utils%2Fmountd%2Fmountd.man;fp=utils%2Fmountd%2Fmountd.man;h=4276663fa34ddb8d0dffe6a8a31709168f57519e;hp=f8646d477670aaf028b01eda63c667e0b631bbb8;hb=a5f020dda1a93657eae1b297a67d054269a3ef0c;hpb=de6497fce274e35a0c7aeac14dbfff476b012e37 diff --git a/utils/mountd/mountd.man b/utils/mountd/mountd.man index f8646d4..4276663 100644 --- a/utils/mountd/mountd.man +++ b/utils/mountd/mountd.man @@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ If this option is not specified the default of .BR /var/lib/nfs is used. .TP +.BI "\-r," "" " \-\-reverse\-lookup" +mountd tracks IP addresses in the rmtab, and when a DUMP request is made (by +someone running showmount -a, for instance), it returns IP addresses instead +of hostnames by default. This option causes mountd to do a reverse +lookup on each IP address and return that hostname instead. Enabling this can +have a substantial negative effect on performance in some situations. +.TP .BR "\-t N" " or " "\-\-num\-threads=N" This option specifies the number of worker threads that rpc.mountd spawns. The default is 1 thread, which is probably enough. More