Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 4 Sep 2006 10:09:24 +0200 | From | Christian Guggenberger <> | Subject | Re: in-kernel rpc.statd |
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> > > > Hm. I do not have a rpc.statd userspace program nor kernel daemon (running > > on 2.6.17-vanilla). Yet everything is working. Is there a specific need for > > statd? > > Yes. Locking over NFSv2/v3 won't work without it. > > That said, there is no reason why we need an rpc.statd in the kernel > when the nfs-utils package already provides one that works fine in > userland. >
I know. The reason behind my query was just that Suse distros - SLES9 at least - do not provide userland rpc.statd anymore.
cheers. - Christian
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