statd

rpc.statd(8)                                                      rpc.statd(8)



NAME
       rpc.statd - NSM status monitor

SYNOPSIS
       /sbin/rpc.statd [-F] [-d] [-?] [-n  name ] [-o  port ] [-p  port ] [-V]

DESCRIPTION
       The rpc.statd server implements the NSM (Network  Status  Monitor)  RPC
       protocol.  This service is somewhat misnomed, since it doesn't actually
       provide active monitoring as one might suspect; instead, NSM implements
       a  reboot notification service. It is used by the NFS file locking ser-
       vice, rpc.lockd, to implement lock recovery when the NFS server machine
       crashes and reboots.

   Operation
       For  each  NFS client or server machine to be monitored, rpc.statd cre-
       ates a file  in  /var/lib/nfs/statd/sm.   When  starting,  it  iterates
       through  these files and notifies the peer rpc.statd on those machines.

OPTIONS
       -F     By default, rpc.statd forks and puts itself  in  the  background
              when  started.  The  -F argument tells it to remain in the fore-
              ground. This option is mainly for debugging purposes.

       -d     By default, rpc.statd sends logging messages  via  syslog(3)  to
              system  log.  The -d argument forces it to log verbose output to
              stderr instead. This option is mainly  for  debugging  purposes,
              and may only be used in conjunction with the -F parameter.

       -n, --name name
              specify  a  name  for rpc.statd to use as the local hostname. By
              default, rpc.statd will call gethostname(2)  to  get  the  local
              hostname. Specifying a local hostname may be useful for machines
              with more than one interfaces.

       -o, --outgoing-port port
              specify a port for rpc.statd to send  outgoing  status  requests
              from.   By default, rpc.statd will ask portmap(8) to assign it a
              port number.  As of this writing, there is not a  standard  port
              number  that  portmap  always  or usually assigns.  Specifying a
              port may be useful when implementing a firewall.

       -p, --port port
              specify  a  port  for  rpc.statd  to  listen  on.   By  default,
              rpc.statd will ask portmap(8) to assign it a port number.  As of
              this writing, there is not a standard port number  that  portmap
              always or usually assigns.  Specifying a port may be useful when
              implementing a firewall.

       -?     Causes rpc.statd to print out command-line help and exit.

       -V     Causes rpc.statd to print out version information and exit.




TCP_WRAPPERS SUPPORT
       This rpc.statd version is protected by  the  tcp_wrapper  library.  You
       have  to give the clients access to rpc.statd if they should be allowed
       to use it. To allow connects from clients of the  .bar.com  domain  you
       could use the following line in /etc/hosts.allow:

       statd: .bar.com

       You  have to use the daemon name statd for the daemon name (even if the
       binary has a different name).

       For  further  information  please  have  a  look  at  the  tcpd(8)  and
       hosts_access(5) manual pages.


FILES
       /var/lib/nfs/statd/sm/state
       /var/lib/nfs/statd/sm/*
       /var/lib/nfs/statd/sm.bak/*

SEE ALSO
       rpc.nfsd(8), portmap(8)

AUTHORS
       Jeff Uphoff <juphoff@transmeta.com>
       Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
       H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
       Lon Hohberger <hohberger@missioncriticallinux.com>



                                  08 Mar 2001                     rpc.statd(8)