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34.\"	@(#)nfsd.8	8.4 (Berkeley) 3/29/95
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36.Dd March 29, 1995
37.Dt NFSD 8
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm nfsd
41.Nd remote
42.Tn NFS
43server
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm nfsd
46.Op Fl rut
47.Op Fl n Ar num_servers
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49.Nm Nfsd
50runs on a server machine to service
51.Tn NFS
52requests from client machines.
53At least one
54.Nm nfsd
55must be running for a machine to operate as a server.
56.Pp
57Unless otherwise specified, four servers for
58.Tn UDP
59transport are started.
60.Pp
61The following options are available:
62.Bl -tag -width Ds
63.It Fl r
64Register the
65.Tn NFS
66service with
67.Xr portmap 8
68without creating any servers.
69This option can be used along with the
70.Fl u
71or
72.Fl t
73options to re-register NFS if the portmap server is restarted.
74.It Fl n
75Specifies how many servers to create.
76.It Fl t
77Serve
78.Tn TCP NFS
79clients.
80.It Fl u
81Serve
82.Tn UDP NFS
83clients.
84.El
85.Pp
86For example,
87.Dq Li "nfsd -u -t 6"
88serves
89.Tn UDP
90and
91.Tn TCP
92transports using six daemons.
93.Pp
94A server should run enough daemons to handle
95the maximum level of concurrency from its clients,
96typically four to six.
97.Pp
98.Nm Nfsd
99listens for service requests at the port indicated in the
100.Tn NFS
101server specification; see
102.%T "Network File System Protocol Specification" ,
103RFC1094 and
104.%T "NFS: Network File System Version 3 Protocol Specification" .
105.Pp
106The
107.Nm nfsd
108utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
109.Sh SEE ALSO
110.Xr nfsstat 1 ,
111.Xr nfssvc 2 ,
112.Xr mountd 8 ,
113.Xr portmap 8
114.Sh HISTORY
115The
116.Nm nfsd
117utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.
118