always or usually assigns. Specifying
a port may be useful when implementing a firewall.
.TP
+.BI "\-P," "" " \-\-state\-directory\-path " directory
+specify a directory in which to place statd state information.
+If this option is not specified the default of
+.BR /var/lib/nfs
+is used.
+.TP
+.B -N
+Causes statd to run in the notify-only mode. When started in this mode, the
+statd program will check its state directory, send notifications to any
+monitored nodes, and exit once the notifications have been sent. This mode is
+used to enable Highly Available NFS implementations (i.e. HA-NFS).
+.TP
.B -?
Causes
.B rpc.statd
You have to use the daemon name
.B statd
-for the daemon name (even if the binary has a different name). For the
-client names you can only use the keyword ALL or IP addresses (NOT
-host or domain names).
+for the daemon name (even if the binary has a different name).
For further information please have a look at the
-.BR tcpd (8),
-.BR hosts_allow (5)
+.BR tcpd (8)
and
.BR hosts_access (5)
manual pages.