NFSD(8)

NAME
nfsd - NFS service daemon

SYNOPSIS
/etc/nfsd [-f exports-file] [-p] [-o option-string]

DESCRIPTION
nfsd starts a daemon that handles client filesystem requests. Unlike nfsd on some other systems, nfsd operates as a normal user-level process. The server also differs from other nfsd implementations in that it mounts an entire file hierarchy not limited by the boundaries of physical file-systems. The implementation allows the clients read-only or read-write access to the file hierarchy of the server machine.

mountd starts an ancillary user-level mount daemon.

Options. The -f option specifies the exports file, listing the clients that this server is prepared to serve and parameters to apply to each such mount (see exports(5)). By default exports are read from /etc/exports. The -p option puts the server into promiscuous mode where it will serve any host on the network. The -o option specifies default mount parameters in the same format as those appearing in the exports file.

SEE ALSO
exports(5), mountd(8), ugidd(8C)

AUTHORS
Mark Shand wrote the orignal unfsd. Don Becker extended unfsd to support authentication and allow read-write access and called it hnfs. Rick Sladkey added host matching, showmount -e support, mountd authentication, and inetd support.