NFSCBD(8) BSD System Manager's Manual NFSCBD(8)NAME
nfscbd -- NFSv4 client side callback daemon
SYNOPSIS
nfscbd [-p port_number] [-P client_principal]
DESCRIPTION
nfscbd runs on a client using NFSv4 to handle callback requests from the NFSv4 server. If no nfscbd is running, NFSv4 mounts will still
work, but the server will never issue Open Delegations to the client.
One callback server and one master server are always started.
The following options are available:
-p port_number
Specifies what port# the callback server should use.
-P client_principal
Specifies the host based principal name to be used as the target for callbacks over RPCSEC_GSS. For KerberosV, it must be in the
client's default keytab file. This client_principal should be the same one specified by the gssname argument being used by nfsv4
mounts. If you do not specify this argument, callbacks will still work over AUTH_SYS, which is what many extant servers use even for
RPCSEC_GSS mounts, as of 2009.
For example, ``nfscbd -p 7654 -P root'' starts the daemon to handle callbacks on port# 7654 and is using the host based principal
root@<client-host>.<dns-domain> as the callback target.
nfscbd listens for service requests at the port defined by NFSV4_CBPORT in /usr/include/fs/nfs/nfs.h, unless -p has been specified. For more
information on what callbacks and Open Delegations do, see Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Protocol, RFC3530.
EXIT STATUS
The nfscbd utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO nfsv4(4), mount_nfs(8)HISTORY
First introduced with the experimental nfs client for NFSv4 support in 2009.
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NFSD(8) BSD System Manager's Manual NFSD(8)NAME
nfsd -- remote NFS server
SYNOPSIS
nfsd [-arduteo] [-n num_servers] [-h bindip] [--maxthreads max_threads] [--minthreads min_threads]
DESCRIPTION
The nfsd utility runs on a server machine to service NFS requests from client machines. At least one nfsd must be running for a machine to
operate as a server.
Unless otherwise specified, eight servers per CPU for UDP transport are started.
The following options are available:
-r Register the NFS service with rpcbind(8) without creating any servers. This option can be used along with the -u or -t options to
re-register NFS if the rpcbind server is restarted.
-d Unregister the NFS service with rpcbind(8) without creating any servers.
-n threads
Specifies how many servers to create. This option is equivalent to specifying --maxthreads and --minthreads with their respective
arguments to threads.
--maxthreads threads
Specifies the maximum servers that will be kept around to service requests.
--minthreads threads
Specifies the minimum servers that will be kept around to service requests.
-h bindip
Specifies which IP address or hostname to bind to on the local host. This option is recommended when a host has multiple interfaces.
Multiple -h options may be specified.
-a Specifies that nfsd should bind to the wildcard IP address. This is the default if no -h options are given. It may also be speci-
fied in addition to any -h options given. Note that NFS/UDP does not operate properly when bound to the wildcard IP address whether
you use -a or do not use -h.
-t Serve TCP NFS clients.
-u Serve UDP NFS clients.
-e The new NFS server that includes NFSv4 support is now the default, so this option is now a no-op and should be considered deprecated.
-o Forces the use of the old NFS server that does not include NFSv4 support in it.
For example, ``nfsd -u -t -n 6'' serves UDP and TCP transports using six daemons.
A server should run enough daemons to handle the maximum level of concurrency from its clients, typically four to six.
The nfsd utility listens for service requests at the port indicated in the NFS server specification; see Network File System Protocol
Specification, RFC1094, NFS: Network File System Version 3 Protocol Specification, RFC1813 and Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Protocol,
RFC3530.
If nfsd detects that NFS is not loaded in the running kernel, it will attempt to load a loadable kernel module containing NFS support using
kldload(2). If this fails, or no NFS KLD is available, nfsd will exit with an error.
If nfsd is to be run on a host with multiple interfaces or interface aliases, use of the -h option is recommended. If you do not use the
option NFS may not respond to UDP packets from the same IP address they were sent to. Use of this option is also recommended when securing
NFS exports on a firewalling machine such that the NFS sockets can only be accessed by the inside interface. The ipfw utility would then be
used to block nfs-related packets that come in on the outside interface.
If the server has stopped servicing clients and has generated a console message like ``nfsd server cache flooded...'', the value for
vfs.nfsd.tcphighwater needs to be increased. This should allow the server to again handle requests without a reboot. Also, you may want to
consider decreasing the value for vfs.nfsd.tcpcachetimeo to several minutes (in seconds) instead of 12 hours when this occurs.
Unfortunately making vfs.nfsd.tcphighwater too large can result in the mbuf limit being reached, as indicated by a console message like
``kern.ipc.nmbufs limit reached''. If you cannot find values of the above sysctl values that work, you can disable the DRC cache for TCP by
setting vfs.nfsd.cachetcp to 0.
The nfsd utility has to be terminated with SIGUSR1 and cannot be killed with SIGTERM or SIGQUIT. The nfsd utility needs to ignore these sig-
nals in order to stay alive as long as possible during a shutdown, otherwise loopback mounts will not be able to unmount. If you have to
kill nfsd just do a ``kill -USR1 <PID of master nfsd>''
EXIT STATUS
The nfsd utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO nfsstat(1), kldload(2), nfssvc(2), nfsv4(4), exports(5), stablerestart(5), gssd(8), ipfw(8), mountd(8), nfsiod(8), nfsrevoke(8), nfsuserd(8),
rpcbind(8)HISTORY
The nfsd utility first appeared in 4.4BSD.
BUGS
If nfsd is started when gssd(8) is not running, it will service AUTH_SYS requests only. To fix the problem you must kill nfsd and then
restart it, after the gssd(8) is running.
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