statd(1M)                                                            statd(1M)



NAME
     statd - network status monitor daemon

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/etc/rpc.statd

DESCRIPTION
     statd is an intermediate version of the status monitor.  It implements a
     simple protocol that allows applications to monitor the status of other
     machines.  lockd(1M) uses statd to detect both client and server
     failures.

     statd is started during system initialization if the chkconfig(1M) lockd
     flag is set on.

     Applications use RPC to register machines they want monitored by statd.
     The status monitor maintains a database of machines to track and the
     corresponding applications to notify of crashes.  It also maintains a
     database of machines to notify upon recovery of its own host machine and
     a counter of the number of times it has "recovered."

FILES
     /var/statmon/sm       machines to monitor
     /var/statmon/sm.bak   machines to notify upon recovery
     /var/statmon/state    recovery counter (a.k.a. version number)

SEE ALSO
     lockd(1M), network(1M), statmon(4).

BUGS
     The crash of a site is detected only upon its recovery.
























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