.\" Copyright (C) 1999 Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
.\" Modified by Jeffrey A. Uphoff, 1999.
.\" Modified by Lon Hohberger, 2000.
-.TH rpc.statd 8 "05 Oct 2000"
+.TH rpc.statd 8 "08 Mar 2001"
.SH NAME
rpc.statd \- NSM status monitor
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B "/usr/sbin/rpc.statd [-F] [-d] [-?] [-V]
+.B "/sbin/rpc.statd [-F] [-d] [-?] [-o " port "] [-p " port "] [-V]"
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B rpc.statd
.B -F
parameter.
.TP
+.BI "\-o," "" " \-\-outgoing\-port " port
+specify a port for
+.B rpc.statd
+to send outgoing status requests from. By default,
+.BR rpc.statd
+will ask
+.BR portmap (8)
+to assign it a port number. As of this writing, there is not
+a standard port number that
+.BR portmap
+always or usually assigns. Specifying
+a port may be useful when implementing a firewall.
+.TP
+.BI "\-p," "" " \-\-port " port
+specify a port for
+.B rpc.statd
+to listen on. By default,
+.BR rpc.statd
+will ask
+.BR portmap (8)
+to assign it a port number. As of this writing, there is not
+a standard port number that
+.BR portmap
+always or usually assigns. Specifying
+a port may be useful when implementing a firewall.
+.TP
.B -?
Causes
.B rpc.statd
.br
.BR /var/lib/nfs/sm.bak/*
.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR rpc.nfsd(8)
+.BR rpc.nfsd(8),
+.BR portmap(8)
.SH AUTHORS
.br
Jeff Uphoff <juphoff@transmeta.com>