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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8 b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8 index 9aef035..ce07e13a 100644 --- a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8 +++ b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)mount_nfs.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/29/95 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 11, 2003 +.Dd December 25, 2005 .Dt MOUNT_NFS 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -143,9 +143,8 @@ There is a 60 second delay between each attempt. Use TCP transport instead of UDP. This is recommended for servers that are not on the same LAN cable as the client. -(NB: This is NOT supported by most -.No non- Ns Bx -servers.) +Not all NFS servers support this method, especially older ones, +caution should be observed in these cases. .It Fl U Force the mount protocol to use UDP transport, even for TCP NFS mounts. (Necessary for some old @@ -337,13 +336,3 @@ Set the retransmit timeout count for soft mounts to the specified value. .Xr nfsd 8 , .Xr nfsiod 8 , .Xr showmount 8 -.Sh BUGS -Due to the way that Sun RPC is implemented on top of UDP (unreliable datagram) -transport, tuning such mounts is really a black art that can only be expected -to have limited success. -For clients mounting servers that are not on the same -LAN cable or that tend to be overloaded, -TCP transport is strongly recommended, -but unfortunately this is restricted to mostly -.Bx 4.4 -servers. |