> >
> > 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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