nfsd - NFS server daemon for input/output

nfsd is a server daemon. It receives and processes the read and write requests from clients.

By default, four nfsd daemons are invoked automatically after starting NFS.

Authorization: The nfsd daemon can only be started with root authorization.

Path: /usr/lib/nfs

Syntax

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

-a

Activates nfsd for all available connectionless transport protocols.

-p protocol

Activates nfsd for the specified protocol.

-t device

Activates nfsd for the transport protocols specified by the given device.

nservers

Number of daemons to be started. nservers should be specified according to the load expected on this NFS server. The default for nservers is four.

Files

.nfsXXX

Temporary internal file which is created by nfsd.