.\" @(#)nfssvc.2 1.1 85/12/28 SMI; .TH NFSSVC 2 "20 August 1985" .SH NAME nfssvc, async_daemon \- NFS daemons .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .ft B nfssvc(sock) int sock; .LP .ft B async_daemon() .pp .ft B .IX nfssvc "" \fLnfssvc\fP .IX "socket operations" nfssvc "" \fLnfssvc\fP .IX "network file system daemons" .IX daemons "network file system" .IX async_daemon "" \fLasync_daemon\fP .IX "socket operations" async_daemon "" \fLasync_daemon\fP .SH DESCRIPTION .I Nfssvc starts an NFS daemon listening on socket .IR sock . The socket must be AF_INET, and SOCK_DGRAM (protocol UDP/IP). The system call will return only if the process is killed. .LP .I Async_daemon implements the NFS daemon that handles asynchronous I/O for an NFS client. The system call never returns. .SH BUGS These two system calls allow kernel processes to have user context. .SH SEE ALSO mountd(8)