2007-08-30 21:48:01

by NeilBrown

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Subject: Re: statd (status) port used when setting specific port for lockd - SLES9 SP3 Linux for System z.

On Thursday August 30, [email protected] wrote:
>
> I noticed that when I set the lockd ports to specific port that the statd
> port is set to the same port.

This behaviour is specific to SLES9 and SLES10. The kernels in those
distributions contain statd functionality and use the same port as
lockd uses.

>
> Should I also set statd to a specific unique port different from lockd ?
>

You cannot in SLES9/10. On other systems where statd is a user-space
program, they cannot be the same port.


> Is there any problem with statd using the same port as lockd ?

Not on SLES9/10.

NeilBrown

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2007-08-30 23:04:01

by Terry Spaulding

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Subject: Re: statd (status) port used when setting specific port for lockd - SLES9 SP3 Linux for System z.

Thanks Neil....

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On Thursday August 30, [email protected] wrote:
>
> I noticed that when I set the lockd ports to specific port that the statd
> port is set to the same port.

This behavior is specific to SLES9 and SLES10. The kernels in those
distributions contain statd functionality and use the same port as
lockd uses.

>
> Should I also set statd to a specific unique port different from lockd ?
>

You cannot in SLES9/10. On other systems where statd is a user-space
program, they cannot be the same port.


> Is there any problem with statd using the same port as lockd ?

Not on SLES9/10.

NeilBrown
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Regards,
Terry L. Spaulding
[email protected]


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