.\" statd(8)
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 1999 Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
-.\" Modified by Jeffrey A. Uphoff, 1999, 2002.
+.\" Modified by Jeffrey A. Uphoff, 1999, 2002, 2005.
.\" Modified by Lon Hohberger, 2000.
.\" Modified by Paul Clements, 2004.
.TH rpc.statd 8 "31 Aug 2004"
The
.B rpc.statd
server implements the NSM (Network Status Monitor) RPC protocol.
-This service is somewhat misnomed, since it doesn't actually provide
+This service is somewhat misnamed, 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 ,
.BR portmap(8)
.SH AUTHORS
.br
-Jeff Uphoff <juphoff@nrao.edu>
+Jeff Uphoff <juphoff@users.sourceforge.net>
.br
Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
.br