.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% .\" .\" @(#)nfsd.8 5.9 (Berkeley) 08/05/91 .\" .Dd .Dt NFSD 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm nfsd .Nd remote .Tn NFS server .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm nfsd .Op Fl r .Bk -words .Op Fl t Ar msk,mtch,hostadr1,hostadr2,... .Ek .Bk -words .Op Fl u Ar msk,mtch,numprocs .Ek .Op Ar numprocs .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm Nfsd runs on a server machine to service .Tn NFS requests from client machines. At least one .Nm nfsd must be running for a machine to operate as a server. The options .Fl u and .Fl t are used to indicate which transport protocols are to be served. .Pp Options available to .Nm nfsd : .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl r Register the .Tn NFS service with .Xr portmap 8 without creating any servers. This option can be used along with the .Fl u or .Fl t options to re-register NFS if the portmap server is restarted. .It Fl t Serve .Tn TCP NFS clients. .It Fl u Serve .Tn UDP NFS clients. .El .Pp The following arguments to the .Fl u or .Fl t options are used to specify parameters for service using the respective protocol: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Ar msk , mtch These arguments permit restriction of .Tn NFS services to a subset of the host addresses. The .Ar msk and .Ar mtch are applied to the client host address as follows: .Pp .Bd -filled -offset indent -compact if (( .Ar host_address No \&& Em msk ) == .Ar mtch ) .br \- service the client request .br else .br \- drop the request .Ed .It Ar hostadr1 , ... You may also specify zero or more specific host addresses to be accepted as well as ones that pass the .Ar msk , mtch test above. This may only be done for transport protocols that are connection based, such as .Tn TCP . For the internet domain, .Ar msk , mtch and .Ar hostadrs are specified in internet .Em dot notation. .It Ar numprocs Specifies how many servers to fork off. This may only be specified for non-connection based protocols such as .Tn UDP . .El .Pp If neither .Fl u or .Fl t are specified, .Ar numprocs servers for .Tn UDP accepting requests from all clients are started. If .Ar numprocs is not specified, it defaults to 1. .Pp For example: .Bd -literal nfsd \-u 255.255.255.0,131.104.48.0,4 \-t \e 255.255.0.0,131.104.0.0,131.102.31.2 .Ed .Bl -item -offset indent .It Serves .Tn UDP and .Tn TCP transports. For .Tn UDP , it runs 4 daemons that accept requests from any client on subnet 131.104.48. For .Tn TCP , it accepts connections from any client on network 131.104 plus the client with the address 131.102.31.2. .El .Bd -literal nfsd \-u 255.255.240.0,131.104.0.0,6 \-t 0,0 .Ed .Bl -item -offset indent .It Serves .Tn UDP and .Tn TCP transports. For .Tn UDP , it runs 6 daemons that accept requests from clients with addresses in the range 131.104.0.x - 131.104.15.x. For .Tn TCP , it accepts connections from any client. .El .Pp .Li nfsd \-u 0,0,4 .Bl -item -offset indent .It Serves any .Tn UDP client with 4 servers, only. .El .Pp .Li nfsd 4 .Bl -item -offset indent .It Serves any .Tn UDP client with 4 servers, only. (Compatibility) .El .Pp A server should typically run enough daemons to handle the maximum level of concurrency from its clients, typically four to six. .Pp .Nm Nfsd listens for service requests at the port indicated in the .Tn NFS server specification; see .%T "Network File System Protocol Specification" , RFC1094. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr nfsstat 1 , .Xr nfssvc 2 , .Xr mountd 8 , .Xr portmap 8 .Sh BUGS The client host address restrictions specified here are unrelated to the mount restrictions specified in .Pa /etc/exports for .Xr mountd 8 . .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command is .Ud .