statd(1M)                                                  statd(1M)


       NAME
             statd - network status monitor

       SYNOPSIS
             /usr/lib/nfs/statd

       DESCRIPTION
             The statd command starts a status monitor daemon.  It
             interacts with lockd(1M) to provide the crash and recovery
             functions for the locking services on NFS.

          Files
             /etc/sm
             /etc/sm.bak
             /etc/state

       USAGE
             The statd daemon is automatically invoked in run level 3.

             Note that the crash of a site is only detected upon its
             recovery.

             When NFS is restarted, statd will display notices on the
             system console if any machine which was involved in NFS file
             and record locking before the restart, is currently down.
             These messages can be avoided by removing all files from the
             /etc/sm and /etc/sm.bak directories before restarting NFS.  A
             typical message is as follows:

                  rpc.statd: cannot talk to statd at <host>

             Only a privileged user can execute this command.

       REFERENCES
             lockd(1M), nfsping(1M)













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