Name

nfsservctl — syscall interface to kernel nfs daemon

Synopsis

#include <linux/nfsd/syscall.h>
long nfsservctl( int cmd,
  struct nfsctl_arg *argp,
  union nfsctl_res *resp);
 

DESCRIPTION

/*
 * These are the commands understood by nfsctl().
 */
#define NFSCTL_SVC          0    /* This is a server process. */
#define NFSCTL_ADDCLIENT    1    /* Add an NFS client. */
#define NFSCTL_DELCLIENT    2    /* Remove an NFS client. */
#define NFSCTL_EXPORT       3    /* export a file system. */
#define NFSCTL_UNEXPORT     4    /* unexport a file system. */
#define NFSCTL_UGIDUPDATE   5    /* update a client's UID/GID map. */
#define NFSCTL_GETFH        6    /* get an fh (used by mountd) */

struct nfsctl_arg {
    int                       ca_version;     /* safeguard */
    union {
        struct nfsctl_svc     u_svc;
        struct nfsctl_client  u_client;
        struct nfsctl_export  u_export;
        struct nfsctl_uidmap  u_umap;
        struct nfsctl_fhparm  u_getfh;
        unsigned int          u_debug;
    } u;
}

union nfsctl_res {
        struct knfs_fh          cr_getfh;
        unsigned int            cr_debug;
};

RETURN VALUE

On success, zero is returned. On error, −1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.

CONFORMING TO

This call is Linux-specific.

COLOPHON

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FIXME The description of nfsservctl() on this page
is woefully thin.