Re: in-kernel rpc.statd

[Christian Guggenberger]

> > 
> > 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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