X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=utils%2Fstatd%2Fstatd.man;h=ca00e24af6ede8cc68aca9c17aea27528aea54d2;hb=965b15b855c0c621462256b0ab687fc32644255a;hp=4ddb634041d57abd1609ae23a19a5a1615844269;hpb=ec8a23e674ba39b3c4048095c4d848dfb1b15c0f;p=nfs-utils.git diff --git a/utils/statd/statd.man b/utils/statd/statd.man index 4ddb634..ca00e24 100644 --- a/utils/statd/statd.man +++ b/utils/statd/statd.man @@ -100,11 +100,9 @@ It uses the string as the destination. To identify which host has rebooted, the .B sm-notify -command normally sends the results of -.BR gethostname (3) -as the +command sends the .I my_name -string. +string recorded when that remote was monitored. The remote .B rpc.statd matches incoming SM_NOTIFY requests using this string, @@ -274,9 +272,6 @@ listeners using the .B tcp_wrapper library or .BR iptables (8). -Note that the -.B tcp_wrapper -library supports only IPv4 networking. To use the .B tcp_wrapper library, add the hostnames of peers that should be allowed access to @@ -295,7 +290,6 @@ man pages. .SH ADDITIONAL NOTES Lock recovery after a reboot is critical to maintaining data integrity and preventing unnecessary application hangs. -.PP To help .B rpc.statd match SM_NOTIFY requests to NLM requests, a number of best practices @@ -312,13 +306,6 @@ consistent The hostname the client uses to mount the server should match the server's .I mon_name in SM_NOTIFY requests it sends -.IP -The use of network addresses as a -.I mon_name -or a -.I my_name -string should be avoided when -interoperating with non-Linux NFS implementations. .PP Unmounting an NFS file system does not necessarily stop either the NFS client or server from monitoring each other.