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/usr/bin/ganesha.nfsd

NFS-Ganesha is an NFSv3,v4,v4.1 fileserver that runs in user mode on most UNIX/Linux systems

From nfs-ganesha 15.11-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-07 by running ganesha.nfsd -help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: ganesha.nfsd [-hd][-L <logfile>][-N <dbg_lvl>][-f <config_file>]
	[-v]                display version information
	[-L <logfile>]      set the default logfile for the daemon
	[-N <dbg_lvl>]      set the verbosity level
	[-f <config_file>]  set the config file to be used
	[-p <pid_file>]     set the pid file
	[-F]                the program stays in foreground
	[-R]                daemon will manage RPCSEC_GSS (default is no RPCSEC_GSS)
	[-S <size>]         set the default thread stack size (in K) to be used
	[-T]                dump the default configuration on stdout
	[-E <epoch>]        overrides ServerBootTime for ServerEpoch
	[-I <nodeid>]       cluster nodeid
	[-V <virtual ip>]   node virtual ip
	[-C]                dump trace when segfault
	[-x]                fatal exit if there are config errors on startup
	[-h]                display this help
----------------- Signals ----------------
SIGHUP     : Reload LOG and EXPORT config
SIGTERM    : Cleanly terminate the program
------------- Default Values -------------
LogFile    : SYSLOG
PidFile    : /var/run/ganesha/ganesha.pid
DebugLevel : NIV_EVENT
ConfigFile : /etc/ganesha/ganesha.conf

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