.\"
.\" statd(8)
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 1999 Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
.\" Modified by Jeffrey A. Uphoff, 1999.
.TH rpc.statd 8 "11 June 1999"
.SH NAME
rpc.statd \- NSM status monitor
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "/usr/sbin/rpc.statd [-F]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B 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 service,
.BR rpc.lockd ,
to implement lock recovery when the NFS server machine crashes and
reboots.
.SS Operation
For each NFS client or server machine to be monitored,
.B rpc.statd
creates a file in
.BR /var/lib/nfs/sm .
When starting, it iterates through these files and notifies the
peer
.B rpc.statd
on those machines.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B -F
By default,
.B rpc.statd
forks and puts itself in the background when started. The
.B -F
argument tells it to remain in the foreground. This option is
mainly for debugging purposes.
.SH FILES
.BR /var/lib/nfs/sm/state
.br
.BR /var/lib/nfs/sm/*
.br
.BR /var/lib/nfs/sm.bak/*
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR rpc.nfsd(8)
.SH AUTHORS
.br
Jeff Uphoff <juphoff@transmeta.com>
.br
Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
.br
H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>