GANESHA-GPFS-CONFIG(8)

💖 GANESHA-GPFS-CONFIG 💖

okay bestie, so this is ganesha-gpfs-config, section 8 of the manual — aka the NFS Ganesha GPFS Configuration File. yes the name is a mouthful, we love her anyway 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

/etc/ganesha/gpfs.conf

like. that's it. that's the whole synopsis. iconic behavior honestly 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so NFS-Ganesha installs this one (1) config file for the GPFS FSAL, and here it is:

/etc/ganesha/gpfs.conf

and this file? this file is where you list all the GPFS-specific config options. no cap. that's her whole job 💖

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🎀 GPFS {} 🎀

this is the big block, the main character of the whole page. inside GPFS {} you got these:

• link_support (bool, default true) — hard link support. on by default, bestie ✨
• symlink_support (bool, default true) — symbolic link support. also on by default 💫
• cansettime (bool, default true) — can we set times? default says yes 🕐
• umask (mode, range 0 to 0777, default 0) — the umask, range is 0 to 0777, and she defaults to 0
• auth_xdev_export (bool, default false) — cross-device export auth. default is false 🙈
• Delegations (enum, default read) — nfs delegations, default is read. the possible values are:
  • None
  • read
  • write
  • readwrite
  • r
  • w
  • rw
• pnfs_file (bool, default false) — pNFS file support, defaults to false 🌈
• fsal_trace (bool, default true) — FSAL tracing, on by default, lowkey very useful 👑
• fsal_grace (bool, default false) — FSAL grace period, defaults to false ⭐

not me listing every single one of these because skipping even one would be a crime 💀 every option, every type, every default — all present and accounted for, fr fr.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• ganesha-log-config <>(8)
• ganesha-core-config <>(8)
• ganesha-export-config <>(8)

go read those too, they're giving sister-docs energy 🧚

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this whole page comes to you from NFS-Ganesha, dated Aug 11, 2026 — and that's the vibe check, bestie. now go configure your GPFS FSAL and slay 💜✨🎀