From a89ba6d07832cb62a86601971380fda7130c6826 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Patrick J. Volkerding" Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 23:09:36 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] man/rpcibind.8: Clarify state file usage and history --- man/rpcbind.8 | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/rpcbind.8 b/man/rpcbind.8 index af6200f..bdfb1c8 100644 --- a/man/rpcbind.8 +++ b/man/rpcbind.8 @@ -132,11 +132,20 @@ to connect to services from a privileged port. .It Fl w Cause .Nm -to do a "warm start" by read a state file when +to do a "warm start" by attempting to read *.xdr state files from the +state directory +.%T /var/run/rpcbind +when .Nm -starts up. The state file is created when +starts up. The state files are created when .Nm terminates. +.Pp +This allows for restarting +.Nm +without the need to restart all RPC services that have previously registered. +The state files serve a similar purpose to the files created/restored by the +pmap_dump and pmap_set utilities distributed with the old portmap server package. .El .Sh NOTES All RPC servers must be restarted if -- 2.13.2