X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=nfs-utils.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=utils%2Fstatd%2Fstatd.man;h=dbe8be1db5911c069426743dc36657dfc9c6289d;hp=8a7bd8cda301798a10929b64eb17306697c3dc9e;hb=7f23a81a22248720b4dbc3cf7f15cc8812e9cfac;hpb=c806d033d9350f743103535bd9d565b921db6dcb diff --git a/utils/statd/statd.man b/utils/statd/statd.man index 8a7bd8c..dbe8be1 100644 --- a/utils/statd/statd.man +++ b/utils/statd/statd.man @@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ .\" Copyright (C) 1999 Olaf Kirch .\" Modified by Jeffrey A. Uphoff, 1999. .\" Modified by Lon Hohberger, 2000. -.TH rpc.statd 8 "05 Oct 2000" +.TH rpc.statd 8 "08 Mar 2001" .SH NAME rpc.statd \- NSM status monitor .SH SYNOPSIS -.B "/usr/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 +52,43 @@ 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 .B -? Causes .B rpc.statd @@ -78,13 +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. @@ -96,7 +130,8 @@ 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