rpc.nfsd(8)							  rpc.nfsd(8)



NAME
       rpc.nfsd - NFS server process

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd [options] nproc

DESCRIPTION
       The  rpc.nfsd  program  implements the user level part of the NFS ser-
       vice. The main functionality is handled by the nfsd.o  kernel  module;
       the  user  space	 program merely starts the specified number of kernel
       threads.

       The rpc.mountd server provides an ancillary service needed to  satisfy
       mount requests by NFS clients.

OPTIONS
       -p  or  --port port
	      specify  a  diferent  port  to  listen  on for NFS requests. By
	      default, rpc.nfsd will listen on port 2049.

       -N  or  --no-nfs-version vers
	      This option can be used to request that rpc.nfsd does not offer
	      certain  versions	 of  NFS. The current version of rpc.nfsd can
	      support both NFS version 2,3 and the newer version 4.

       -T  or  --no-tcp
	      Disable rpc.nfsd from accepting TCP connections from clients.

       -U  or  --no-udp
	      Disable rpc.nfsd from accepting UDP connections from clients.

       nproc  specify the number of NFS server threads. By default, just  one
	      thread  is  started.  However,  for optimum performance several
	      threads should be used. The actual figure depends on the number
	      of  and  the work load created by the NFS clients, but a useful
	      starting point is 8 threads. Effects of modifying	 that  number
	      can be checked using the nfsstat(8) program.

SEE ALSO
       rpc.mountd(8), exportfs(8), rpc.rquotad(8), nfsstat(8).

AUTHOR
       Olaf  Kirch,  Bill Hawes, H. J. Lu, G. Allan Morris III, and a host of
       others.



				 31 May 1999			  rpc.nfsd(8)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. rpc.mountd
2. mount
3. host