NFSD(8) BSD System Manager's Manual NFSD(8)NAMEnfsd - remote NFS server
SYNOPSISnfsd [-rtu] [-n num_servers]
DESCRIPTIONnfsd runs on a server machine to service NFS requests from client
machines. At least one nfsd must be running for a machine to operate as a
server.
Unless otherwise specified, four servers for UDP transport are started.
The options are as follows:
-n num_servers
Specifies how many servers to create (max 20).
-r Register the NFS service with portmap(8) without creating any
servers. This option can be used along with the -u or -t options
to re-register NFS if the portmap server is restarted.
-t Serve TCP NFS clients.
-u Serve UDP NFS clients.
For example, "nfsd -u -t -n 6" serves UDP and TCP transports using six
daemons.
A server should run enough daemons to handle the maximum level of con-
currency from its clients, typically four to six.
nfsd listens for service requests at the port indicated in the NFS server
specification; see Network File System Protocol Specification, RFC 1094
and NFS: Network File System Version 3 Protocol Specification. On MirOS
systems, this is always port 2049, or NFS_PORT (defined in
<nfs/nfsproto.h>).
The nfsd utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
SEE ALSOnfsstat(1), nfssvc(2), mountd(8), portmap(8)HISTORY
The nfsd utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.
MirOS BSD #10-current March 29, 1995 1
