2001-12-26 Chip Salzenberg <chip@pobox.com>

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

diff --git a/utils/statd/statd.man b/utils/statd/statd.man
index 84199e83f91fffbb65be51b4ec4316944a387c3c..dbe8be1db5911c069426743dc36657dfc9c6289d 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/statd/statd.man
+++ b/utils/statd/statd.man
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .SH NAME
 rpc.statd \- NSM status monitor
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.B "/sbin/rpc.statd [-F] [-d] [-?] [-o " port "] [-p " port "] [-V]"
+.B "/sbin/rpc.statd [-F] [-d] [-?] [-n " name "] [-o " port "] [-p " port "] [-V]"
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .B rpc.statd
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@ 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
@@ -104,13 +115,10 @@ 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.