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