nfsservctl(2)

nfsservctl2

Syscall interface to kernel nfs daemon

Usage

#include <linux/nfsd/syscall.h>

long nfsservctl(int cmd, struct nfsctl_arg *argp, union nfsctl_res *resp);

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

Note: Since Linux 3.1, this system call no longer exists. It has been replaced by a set of files in the nfsd filesystem; see nfsd(7).

/*
 * 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 filesystem.  */
#define NFSCTL_UNEXPORT   4  /* Unexport a filesystem.  */
#define NFSCTL_UGIDUPDATE 5  /* Update a client's UID/GID map
                                (only in Linux 2.4.x and earlier).  */
#define NFSCTL_GETFH      6  /* Get a file handle (used by mountd(8))
                                (only in Linux 2.4.x and earlier).  */
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 to indicate the error.

Releases

16 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 12 times.

  1. 2.0–2.2
  2. 3.0–3.1
  3. 4.0
  4. 5.0
  5. 6.0
  6. 7
  7. 8
  8. 9
  9. 10
  10. 11
  11. 12
  12. 13
  13. Arch

Standards

Linux.

History

Removed in Linux 3.1. Removed in glibc 2.28.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.