Starting the NFS daemons

The file size limit for files located on an NFS server is defined by the process environment when nfsd is started.

To use a specific value, edit the /etc/rc.nfs file. Use the ulimit command with the desired limit before the startsrc command for the nfsd daemon.

The NFS daemons can be started individually or all at once. To start NFS daemons individually, run:

startsrc -s Daemon

where Daemon is any one of the SRC-controlled daemons. For example, to start the nfsd daemons, run:

startsrc -s nfsd

To start all of the NFS daemons, run:

startsrc -g nfs

Note: If the /etc/exports file does not exist, the nfsd and the rpc.mountd daemons will not be started. You can create an empty /etc/exports file by running the touch /etc/exports command. This will allow the nfsd and the rpc.mountd daemons to start, although no file systems will be exported.