NAME

nfsd − The remote NFS compatible server

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/nfsd [numthreads]

DESCRIPTION

The nfsd daemon runs on a server machine to service NFS requests from client machines.  At least one nfsd thread must be running for a machine to operate as a server.  The nfsd daemons are implemented as kernel threads.  Therefore, if 16 nfsd daemons are configured only 1 nfsd process is displayed in the output from the ps command, although 16 nfsd daemon threads are available to handle NFS requests. 

Files that are larger than 2 gigabytes are exported as 2 gigabyte files when accessed by NFS Version 2.  NFS Version 2 is a 32-bit protocol, therefore, the size and offset fields are 32-bit quantities (on Alpha AXP UFS they are 64-bit quantities). Use caution when accessing files larger than 2 gigabytes from NFS clients. 

numprocsSpecifies how many servers to fork off.  If numprocs is not specified, it defaults to 1. 

EXAMPLES

In the following example, 4 threads are run that accept requests from any client:

nfsd 4

FILES

/usr/sbin/nfsd
Specifies the command path

RELATED INFORMATION

mountd(8), nfsstat(8), nfssvc(2), portmap(8)