nfs.conf(5) — Linux manual page

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NFS.CONF(5)                File Formats Manual               NFS.CONF(5)

NAME         top

       nfs.conf - general configuration for NFS daemons and tools

SYNOPSIS         top

       /usr/etc/nfs.conf /usr/etc/nfs.conf.d/ /etc/nfs.conf
       /etc/nfs.conf.d/

DESCRIPTION         top

       These files contain site-specific configuration for various NFS
       daemons and other processes.  Most configuration can also be
       passed to processes via command line arguments, but it can be
       more convenient to have a central file.  In particular, this
       encourages consistent configuration across different processes.

       When command line options are provided, they override values set
       in this file.  When this file does not specify a particular
       parameter, and no command line option is provided, each tool
       provides its own default values.

       The file format supports multiple sections, each of which can
       contain multiple value assignments.  A section is introduced by a
       line containing the section name enclosed in square brackets, so
              [global]
       would introduce a section called global.  A value assignment is a
       single line that has the name of the value, an equals sign, and a
       setting for the value, so
              threads = 4
       would set the value named threads in the current section to 4.
       Leading and trailing spaces and tab are ignored, as are spaces
       and tabs surrounding the equals sign.  Single and double quotes
       surrounding the assigned value are also removed.  If the
       resulting string is empty, the whole assignment is ignored.

       Any line starting with “#” or “;” is ignored, as is any blank
       line.

       If the assigned value started with a “$” then the remainder is
       treated as a name and looked for in the section [environment] or
       in the processes environment (see environ(7)).  The value found
       is used for this value.

       The value name include is special.  If a section contains
              include = /some/file/name
       then the named file will be read, and any value assignments found
       there-in will be added to the current section.  If the file
       contains section headers, then new sections will be created just
       as if the included file appeared in place of the include line.
       If the file name starts with a hyphen then that is stripped off
       before the file is opened, and if file doesn't exist no warning
       is given.  Normally a non-existent include file generates a
       warning.

       Lookup of section and value names is case-insensitive.

       Where a Boolean value is expected, any of true, t, yes, y, on, or
       1 can be used for "true", while false, f, no, n, off, or 0 can be
       used for "false".  Comparisons are case-insensitive.

SECTIONS         top

       The following sections are known to various programs, and can
       contain the given named values.  Most sections can also contain a
       debug value, which can be one or more from the list general,
       call, auth, parse, all.  When a list is given, the members should
       be comma-separated.  The values 0 and 1 are also accepted, with
       '0' making no changes to the debug level, and '1' equivalent to
       specifying 'all'.

       general
              Recognized values: pipefs-directory.

              See blkmapd(8), rpc.idmapd(8), and rpc.gssd(8) for
              details.

       exports
              Recognized values: rootdir.

              Setting rootdir to a valid path causes the nfs server to
              act as if the supplied path is being prefixed to all the
              exported entries. For instance, if rootdir=/my/root, and
              there is an entry in /etc/exports for /filesystem, then
              the client will be able to mount the path as /filesystem,
              but on the server, this will resolve to the path
              /my/root/filesystem.

       exportd
              Recognized values: manage-gids, threads, cache-use-ipaddr,
              ttl, state-directory-path

              See exportd(8) for details.

              Note that setting "debug = auth" for exportd is equivalent
              to providing the --log-auth option.

       nfsdcltrack
              Recognized values: storagedir.

              The nfsdcltrack program is run directly by the Linux
              kernel and there is no opportunity to provide command line
              arguments, so the configuration file is the only way to
              configure this program.  See nfsdcltrack(8) for details.

       nfsd   Recognized values: threads, host, scope, port, grace-time,
              lease-time, udp, tcp, vers3, vers4, vers4.0, vers4.1,
              vers4.2, rdma,

              Version and protocol values are Boolean values as
              described above, and are also used by rpc.mountd.  Threads
              and the two times are integers.  port and rdma are service
              names or numbers.  See rpc.nfsd(8) for details.

       mountd Recognized values: manage-gids, descriptors, port,
              threads, reverse-lookup, cache-use-ipaddr, ttl, state-
              directory-path, ha-callout.

              These, together with the protocol and version values in
              the [nfsd] section, are used to configure mountd.  See
              rpc.mountd(8) for details.

              Note that setting "debug = auth" for mountd is equivalent
              to providing the --log-auth option.

              The state-directory-path value in the [mountd] section is
              also used by exportfs(8).

       statd  Recognized values: port, outgoing-port, name, state-
              directory-path, ha-callout.

              See rpc.statd(8) for details.

       lockd  Recognized values: port and udp-port.

              See rpc.statd(8) for details.

       sm-notify
              Recognized values: retry-time, outgoing-port, and
              outgoing-addr.

              See sm-notify(8) for details.

       gssd   Recognized values: verbosity, rpc-verbosity, use-memcache,
              use-machine-creds, use-gss-proxy, avoid-dns, limit-to-
              legacy-enctypes, context-timeout, rpc-timeout, keytab-
              file, cred-cache-directory, preferred-realm, set-home.

              See rpc.gssd(8) for details.

       svcgssd
              Recognized values: principal.

              See rpc.svcgssd(8) for details.

       exportfs
              Only debug= is recognized.

       nfsrahead
              Recognized values: nfs, nfsv4, default.

              See nfsrahead(5) for deatils.

FILES         top

       /usr/etc/nfs.conf
       /usr/etc/nfs.conf.d/*.conf
       /etc/nfs.conf
       /etc/nfs.conf.d/*.conf

              Various configuration files read in order.  Later settings
              override earlier settings.

SEE ALSO         top

       nfsdcltrack(8), rpc.nfsd(8), rpc.mountd(8), nfsmount.conf(5).

COLOPHON         top

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