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.\" nfsd(8)
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.\" Copyright (C) 1999 Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
.TH rpc.nfsd 8 "31 May 1999"
.SH NAME
rpc.nfsd \- NFS server process
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BI "/usr/sbin/rpc.nfsd [-p " port "] " nproc
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B rpc.nfsd
program implements the user level part of the NFS service. The
main functionality is handled by the
.B nfsd.o
kernel module; the user space program merely starts the specified
number of kernel threads.
.P
The
.B rpc.mountd
server provides an ancillary service needed to satisfy mount requests
by NFS clients.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BI \-p " port"
specify a diferent port to listen on for NFS requests. By default,
.B rpc.nfsd
will listen on port 2049.
.TP
.I 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
.BR nfsstat (8)
program.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR rpc.mountd (8),
.BR exportfs (8),
.BR rpc.rquotad (8),
.BR nfsstat (8).
.SH AUTHOR
Olaf Kirch, Bill Hawes, H. J. Lu, G. Allan Morris III,
and a host of others.