nfsd(1M)                                                    nfsd(1M)


       NAME
             nfsd - NFS daemon

       SYNOPSIS
             /usr/lib/nfs/nfsd [-a] [-p protocol] [-t transport]

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

          Files
            .nfsXXX client machine pointer to an open-but-unlinked file (in
                     the same directory as the original file)

       USAGE
             The nfsd daemons are automatically invoked in run level 3.

             One nfsd daemon exists for each connectionless networking
             protocol.  Each daemon uses kernel threads to service the NFS
             requests coming from an NFS client over the transport on which
             it has been invoked.  The kernel threads are created and
             deleted dynamically, depending on the rate of incoming
             requests.  The maximum and minimum number of threads are
             controlled by the kernel tunables NFSD_MAX and NFSD_MIN,
             respectively.

             Only a privileged user can execute this command.

          Options
             The nfsd command takes the following options:

            -a      Start nfsd's over all available connectionless
                     transports.

            -p protocol
                     Start nfsd's over the specified protocol.

            -t transport
                     Start nfsd's for the transport specified by transport.

       REFERENCES
             biod(1M), mountd(1M), nfsping(1M), sharetab(4)






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