X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=nfs-utils.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=utils%2Fmountd%2Fmountd.man;h=f8646d477670aaf028b01eda63c667e0b631bbb8;hp=bac44216691f195f156a4d55472ce052b1ad7c23;hb=c57ae7ee252e665fcc515ae938f0e78ce1d736e9;hpb=1769ac4444005c027dc1baa33946eb16cd48444b diff --git a/utils/mountd/mountd.man b/utils/mountd/mountd.man index bac4421..f8646d4 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 +.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 +threads are usually only needed for NFS servers which need to handle +mount storms of hundreds of NFS mounts in a few seconds, or when +your DNS server is slow or unreliable. +.TP .B \-V " or " \-\-nfs-version This option can be used to request that .B rpc.mountd @@ -136,6 +143,21 @@ 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