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Commit d24455b5 authored by Chuck Lever's avatar Chuck Lever Committed by J. Bruce Fields
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NFSD: Update help text for CONFIG_NFSD 



Clean up: refresh the help text for Kconfig items related to the NFS
server.  Remove obsolete URLs, and make the language consistent among
the options.

Signed-off-by: default avatarChuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
parent 5ea0dd61

fs/Kconfig

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@@ -1702,56 +1702,74 @@ config NFSD 
	select PROC_FS if NFSD_V4

	select PROC_FS if SUNRPC_GSS

	help

	  If you want your Linux box to act as an NFS *server*, so that other

	  computers on your local network which support NFS can access certain

	  directories on your box transparently, you have two options: you can

	  use the self-contained user space program nfsd, in which case you

	  should say N here, or you can say Y and use the kernel based NFS

	  server. The advantage of the kernel based solution is that it is

	  faster.

	  Choose Y here if you want to allow other computers to access

	  files residing on this system using Sun's Network File System

	  protocol.  To compile the NFS server support as a module,

	  choose M here: the module will be called nfsd.



	  In either case, you will need support software; the respective

	  locations are given in the file <file:Documentation/Changes> in the

	  NFS section.

	  You may choose to use a user-space NFS server instead, in which

	  case you can choose N here.



	  If you say Y here, you will get support for version 2 of the NFS

	  protocol (NFSv2). If you also want NFSv3, say Y to the next question

	  as well.

	  To export local file systems using NFS, you also need to install

	  user space programs which can be found in the Linux nfs-utils

	  package, available from http://linux-nfs.org/.  More detail about

	  the Linux NFS server implementation is available via the

	  exports(5) man page.



	  Please read the NFS-HOWTO, available from

	  <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.

	  Below you can choose which versions of the NFS protocol are

	  available to clients mounting the NFS server on this system.

	  Support for NFS version 2 (RFC 1094) is always available when

	  CONFIG_NFSD is selected.



	  To compile the NFS server support as a module, choose M here: the

	  module will be called nfsd.  If unsure, say N.

	  If unsure, say N.



config NFSD_V2_ACL

	bool

	depends on NFSD



config NFSD_V3

	bool "Provide NFSv3 server support"

	bool "NFS server support for NFS version 3"

	depends on NFSD

	help

	  If you would like to include the NFSv3 server as well as the NFSv2

	  server, say Y here.  If unsure, say Y.

	  This option enables support in your system's NFS server for

	  version 3 of the NFS protocol (RFC 1813).



	  If unsure, say Y.



config NFSD_V3_ACL

	bool "Provide server support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"

	bool "NFS server support for the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension"

	depends on NFSD_V3

	help

	  Implement the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension for manipulating POSIX

	  Access Control Lists on exported file systems. NFS clients should

	  be compiled with the NFSv3 ACL protocol extension; see the

	  CONFIG_NFS_V3_ACL option.  If unsure, say N.

	  Solaris NFS servers support an auxiliary NFSv3 ACL protocol that

	  never became an official part of the NFS version 3 protocol.

	  This protocol extension allows applications on NFS clients to

	  manipulate POSIX Access Control Lists on files residing on NFS

	  servers.  NFS servers enforce POSIX ACLs on local files whether

	  this protocol is available or not.



	  This option enables support in your system's NFS server for the

	  NFSv3 ACL protocol extension allowing NFS clients to manipulate

	  POSIX ACLs on files exported by your system's NFS server.  NFS

	  clients which support the Solaris NFSv3 ACL protocol can then

	  access and modify ACLs on your NFS server.



	  To store ACLs on your NFS server, you also need to enable ACL-

	  related CONFIG options for your local file systems of choice.



	  If unsure, say N.



config NFSD_V4

	bool "Provide NFSv4 server support (EXPERIMENTAL)"

	bool "NFS server support for NFS version 4 (EXPERIMENTAL)"

	depends on NFSD && NFSD_V3 && EXPERIMENTAL

	select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5

	help

	  If you would like to include the NFSv4 server as well as the NFSv2

	  and NFSv3 servers, say Y here.  This feature is experimental, and

	  should only be used if you are interested in helping to test NFSv4.

	  This option enables support in your system's NFS server for

	  version 4 of the NFS protocol (RFC 3530).



	  To export files using NFSv4, you need to install additional user

	  space programs which can be found in the Linux nfs-utils package,

	  available from http://linux-nfs.org/.



	  If unsure, say N.



config ROOT_NFS