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rpc.lockd(8)
NAME
  rpc.lockd, lockd - Network lock daemon

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/sbin/rpc.lockd [ -t timeout ] [ -g graceperiod ]

FLAGS
  -t timeout
      Causes the rpc.lockd daemon to use the variable timeout (in seconds) as
      the interval instead of the default value of 5 seconds to retransmit a
      lock request to the remote server.

  -g graceperiod
      Causes the rpc.lockd daemon to use the variable graceperiod (in
      seconds) as the grace period duration instead of the default value of
      15 seconds.

DESCRIPTION
  The rpc.lockd daemon processes lock requests that are either sent locally
  by the kernel or remotely by another lock daemon.  The NFS locking service
  makes this advisory locking support possible by using the fcntl system call
  and the lockf subroutine.  The rpc.lockd daemon forwards lock requests for
  remote data to the server site's lock daemon.	 The rpc.lockd daemon then
  requests the status monitor daemon, rpc.statd, for monitor service.  The
  reply to the lock request is not sent to the kernel until the status daemon
  and the server site's lock daemon have replied.

  If either the status monitor or server site's lock daemon is unavailable,
  the reply to a lock request for remote data is delayed until all daemons
  become available.

  When a server recovers, it waits for a grace period for all client site
  lock daemons to submit reclaim requests.  Client site lock daemons are
  notified by rpc.statd of the server recovery and promptly resubmit
  previously granted lock requests.  If a client site's lock daemon fails to
  secure previously granted locks at the server site, it sends the signal
  SIGLOST to all the processes that were previously holding locks and cannot
  reclaim them.

RELATED INFORMATION
  Commands: fcntl(2), lockf(3),	 rpc.statd(8), signal(2)