nfsd(1M)                                                           nfsd(1M)

NAME
     nfsd - NFS daemon

SYNOPSIS
     nfsd [-a] [-p protocol] [-t device] [nservers]

DESCRIPTION
     nfsd starts the daemons that handle client file system requests.

OPTIONS
     -a   start nfsd's over all available connectionless transports

     -p protocol
          start nfsd's over the specified protocol

     -t device
          start nfsd's for the transport specified by the given device

     nservers
          the number of file system request daemons to start.

          nservers should be based on the load expected on this server.
          Four is the usual number of nservers.

     The nfsd daemons are automatically invoked in run level 2.

FILES
     .nfsXXX        client machine pointer to an open-but-unlinked file

SEE ALSO
     biod(1M), mountd(1M), sharetab(4).
























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