nfsping(1M) (NFS) nfsping(1M)
NAME
nfsping - check status of the NFS daemons
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/nfsping -a
/usr/sbin/nfsping -s
/usr/sbin/nfsping -c
/usr/sbin/nfsping -o name
DESCRIPTION
The nfsping command allows any user to check the status of the
NFS daemons, and to see if they are running.
Exit Codes
The following values are returned by the nfsping command:
0 All NFS daemons are running
32 No NFS daemons are running
33 Only the rpcbind daemon is running
34 System is running in bootserver mode
35 System is running in pc server mode
36 System is only running in server mode
37 System is only running in client mode
38 System is running in bootserver and client mode
39 System is running in client and pc server mode
40 System is running in server and client mode
41 The rpcbind daemon is not running
42 Usage message printed
43 More than one option has been specified
50 Could not get network configuration for udp
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51 The status daemon (statd) is not running
52 Invalid daemon name specified with -o
USAGE
The following options are available to the nfsping command:
-a Check that all NFS daemons (nfsd, biod, rpcbind,
mountd, lockd, statd, bootparamd, and pcnfsd) are
running.
-s Check that the nfsd, rpcbind, mountd, lockd, and
statd NFS daemons are running.
-c Check that the biod, rpcbind, lockd, and statd NFS
daemons are running.
-o name Check that the NFS daemon specified by name is
running.
Only one option may be used at a time.
Examples
The nfsping -a command reports the following:
nfsd is running
biod is running
rpcbind is running
mountd is running
lockd is running
statd is running
bootparamd is running
pcnfsd is running
The nfsping -o statd command produces the following output:
nfsping: statd is running
REFERENCES
biod(1M), bootparamd(1M), lockd(1M), mountd(1M), nfsd(1M),
pcnfsd(1M), rpcbind(1M), statd(1M)
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