Support "-P path" in statd as alternate to /var/lib/nfs

[nfs-utils.git] / utils / statd / statd.man

diff --git a/utils/statd/statd.man b/utils/statd/statd.man
index 427d9908f980d3b7e7aab4554ccc05e176ac5c3e..2b10803a0cc19a55b6f7f95498925b4d984f3fc7 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/statd/statd.man
+++ b/utils/statd/statd.man
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 .\" Copyright (C) 1999 Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
 .\" Modified by Jeffrey A. Uphoff, 1999.
 .\" Modified by Lon Hohberger, 2000.
-.TH rpc.statd 8 "02 Feb 2001"
+.TH rpc.statd 8 "08 Mar 2001"
 .SH NAME
 rpc.statd \- NSM status monitor
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B "/sbin/rpc.statd [-F] [-d] [-?] [-V]
+.B "/sbin/rpc.statd [-F] [-d] [-?] [-n " name "] [-o " port "] [-p " port "] [-V]"
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .B rpc.statd
@@ -52,6 +52,49 @@ be used in conjunction with the
 .B -F
 parameter.
 .TP
+.BI "\-n," "" " \-\-name " name 
+specify a name for
+.B rpc.statd
+to use as the local hostname. By default,
+.BR rpc.statd
+will call
+.BR gethostname (2)
+to get the local hostname. Specifying
+a local hostname may be useful for machines with more than one
+interfaces.
+.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
+.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 -?
 Causes
 .B rpc.statd
@@ -78,13 +121,10 @@ statd: .bar.com
 
 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.
@@ -96,7 +136,8 @@ manual pages.
 .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>