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Command: nfsd | Section: 8 | Source: NetBSD | File: nfsd.8
NFSD(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual NFSD(8)
NAME
nfsd - remote NFS server
SYNOPSIS
nfsd [-46drut] [-n num_threads]
DESCRIPTION
nfsd 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 following options are available:
-d Turn on debugging, don't fork and log to stderr.
-r Register the NFS service with rpcbind(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.
-n Specifies how many server threads to create. The default is 4.
A server should run enough threads to handle the maximum level of
concurrency from its clients.
-4 Only listen to IPv4 requests. By default nfsd listens to both
IPv6 and IPv4 and tries to register for both.
-6 Only listen to IPv6 requests.
-t Serve only TCP NFS clients. By default nfsd serves both TCP NFS
and UDP NFS clients
-u Serve only UDP NFS clients.
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.
EXIT STATUS
The nfsd utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
EXAMPLES
"nfsd -n 6" serves UDP and TCP transports using six threads.
SEE ALSO
nfsstat(1), nfssvc(2), mountd(8), rpcbind(8)
HISTORY
The nfsd utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 March 17, 2016 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8