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authorrmacklem <rmacklem@FreeBSD.org>2011-04-10 13:45:46 +0000
committerrmacklem <rmacklem@FreeBSD.org>2011-04-10 13:45:46 +0000
commitd2181eff24a7ff9d560892b9c657b5637acaecd0 (patch)
tree60fb55f92d11926f723c14c954f044525091010d /usr.sbin/nfsd/stablerestart.5
parent796cfb973d6e3b33162145fa284216092c15ddcd (diff)
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Modify the man pages to reflect the addition of a backup
stable restart file, as done by r220510. This is a content change. MFC after: 2 weeks
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/nfsd/stablerestart.5')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/nfsd/stablerestart.514
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/nfsd/stablerestart.5 b/usr.sbin/nfsd/stablerestart.5
index b32b985..7096053 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/nfsd/stablerestart.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/nfsd/stablerestart.5
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd December 3, 2009
+.Dd April 10, 2011
.Dt STABLERESTART 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ is written to stable storage by the time a write op with IO_SYNC specified
has returned. This might require hardware level caching to be disabled for
a local disk drive that holds the file, or similar.
.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width /var/db/nfs-stablerestart -compact
+.Bl -tag -width /var/db/nfs-stablerestart.bak -compact
.It Pa /var/db/nfs-stablerestart
NFSv4 stable restart file
+.It Pa /var/db/nfs-stablerestart.bak
+backup copy of the file
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr nfsv4 4 ,
@@ -86,8 +88,10 @@ NFSv4 stable restart file
If the file is empty, the NFSv4 server has no choice but to return
NFSERR_NOGRACE for all reclaim requests. Although correct, this is
a highly undesirable occurrence, so the file should not be lost if
-at all possible. Nfsd will not create the file if it does not
-exist and will simply log a failure to start, in the hopes that the
-file can be recovered from a backup. To move the file, you must edit
+at all possible. The backup copy of the file is maintained
+and used by the
+.Xr nfsd 8
+to minimize the risk of this occurring.
+To move the file, you must edit
the nfsd sources and recompile it. This was done to discourage
accidental relocation of the file.
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