nfsd(8nfs)nfsd(8nfs)Name
nfsd - NFS server daemon
Syntax
/etc/nfsd [nservers]
Description
The daemon starts the specified number of NFS server daemons which handle file system requests from clients. The nservers argument tells
how many file system server daemons to start. This number should be based on the load expected on this server. The daemon is normally
invoked at boot time through the file.
Examples
/etc/nfsd 4 /* Start four daemons on a large machine /*
See Alsoexports(5nfs), mountd(8nfs)nfsd(8nfs)
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MOUNTD(8) BSD System Manager's Manual MOUNTD(8)NAME
mountd -- service remote NFS mount requests
SYNOPSIS
Obsolete. See nfsd(8).
DESCRIPTION
The mountd daemon was formerly the server for NFS mount requests from NFS clients. This functionality has been moved into the NFS server
daemon nfsd(8).
Please refer to nfsd(8) for NFS server documenation.
The following is a list of former mountd options that are now available as nfsd(8) options:
mountd option nfsd option Description
-n-N allow non-root mounts
-r-R allow regular file mounts
exportsfile -F exportsfile alternate exports file
However, such configuration options are normally specified via nfs.conf(5).
When the NFS server is started, it loads the export host addresses and options into the kernel using the nfssvc(2) system call. After chang-
ing the list of exports (either directly or indirectly via a change in netgroup membership), the administrator should send a hangup signal to
the nfsd daemon to get it to reload the export information:
kill -s HUP `cat /var/run/nfsd.pid`
For backwards compatibility, the following should also work:
kill -s HUP `cat /var/run/mountd.pid`
Any errors encountered while processing the export entries will be logged via syslog(3).
FILES
/etc/exports the list of exported filesystems
/var/run/mountd.pid the pid of the currently running mountd
/var/run/mountdtab the current list of outstanding mounts served
/var/run/mountdexptab
information about exported file systems and directories (UUIDs, handles, ...)
SEE ALSO nfsd(8), exports(5), nfs.conf(5), nfsstat(1), portmap(8), showmount(8)HISTORY
The mountd utility first appeared in 4.4BSD. It's functionality was merged into nfsd(8) in Darwin 9.
BSD November 10, 2006 BSD
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I installed NFS server and everything started out fine but I don't have /proc/fs/nfsd entry and so I can't mount nfsd. Therefore I can't start my nfs service.
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we are using HP-UX B.11.31 U ia64 HP-UX server. Can you check bellow the top command output whether can point out any abnormality. Becoz i suspect something wrong there,
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711 processes: 287 sleeping, 424 running
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