2001-03-21 H.J. Lu <hjl@lucon.org>

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

diff --git a/utils/statd/statd.man b/utils/statd/statd.man
index 38db9c5c041d830e1d52b58602f36ecd95cbed86..84199e83f91fffbb65be51b4ec4316944a387c3c 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/statd/statd.man
+++ b/utils/statd/statd.man
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 1999 Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
 .\" Modified by Jeffrey A. Uphoff, 1999.
-.TH rpc.statd 8 "20 Aug 2000"
+.\" Modified by Lon Hohberger, 2000.
+.TH rpc.statd 8 "08 Mar 2001"
 .SH NAME
 rpc.statd \- NSM status monitor
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B "/usr/sbin/rpc.statd [-F]
+.B "/sbin/rpc.statd [-F] [-d] [-?] [-o " port "] [-p " port "] [-V]"
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .B rpc.statd
@@ -36,6 +37,58 @@ forks and puts itself in the background when started. The
 .B -F
 argument tells it to remain in the foreground. This option is
 mainly for debugging purposes.
+.TP
+.B -d
+By default,
+.B rpc.statd
+sends logging messages via
+.BR syslog (3)
+to system log.  The
+.B -d
+argument forces it to log verbose output to
+.B stderr
+instead. This option is mainly for debugging purposes, and may only
+be used in conjunction with the
+.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
+to print out command-line help and exit.
+.TP
+.B -V
+Causes
+.B rpc.statd
+to print out version information and exit.
+
+
 
 .SH TCP_WRAPPERS SUPPORT
 This
@@ -63,13 +116,14 @@ and
 manual pages.
 
 .SH FILES
-.BR /var/lib/nfs/sm/state
+.BR /var/lib/nfs/state
 .br
 .BR /var/lib/nfs/sm/*
 .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>
@@ -77,3 +131,5 @@ Jeff Uphoff <juphoff@transmeta.com>
 Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
 .br
 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
+.br
+Lon Hohberger <hohberger@missioncriticallinux.com>