X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=nfs-utils.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=utils%2Fmountd%2Fmountd.man;h=4276663fa34ddb8d0dffe6a8a31709168f57519e;hp=70166c1283a2aa58dace9149c4562dae6f0029ed;hb=173ac3ccb45cc407336dd363fc15c90bbfdecf6f;hpb=11d34d11153df198103a57291937ea9ff8b7356e diff --git a/utils/mountd/mountd.man b/utils/mountd/mountd.man index 70166c1..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 @@ -143,6 +150,21 @@ can support both NFS version 2 and the newer version 3. Print the version of .B rpc.mountd and exit. +.TP +.B \-g " or " \-\-manage-gids +Accept requests from the kernel to map user id numbers into lists of +group id numbers for use in access control. An NFS request will +normally (except when using Kerberos or other cryptographic +authentication) contains a user-id and a list of group-ids. Due to a +limitation in the NFS protocol, at most 16 groups ids can be listed. +If you use the +.B \-g +flag, then the list of group ids received from the client will be +replaced by a list of group ids determined by an appropriate lookup on +the server. Note that the 'primary' group id is not affected so a +.I newgroup +command on the client will still be effective. This function requires +a Linux Kernel with version at least 2.6.21. .SH TCP_WRAPPERS SUPPORT This