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30.Dd $Mdocdate: December 1 2015 $
31.Dt RPC.RSTATD 8
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm rpc.rstatd
35.Nd kernel statistics server
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Nm rpc.rstatd
38.Op Ar closedown
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40.Nm rpc.rstatd
41is a server which returns performance statistics obtained from the kernel.
42Some of these statistics may be read using the
43.Xr rup 1
44command.
45The
46.Nm rpc.rstatd
47daemon is normally invoked by
48.Xr inetd 8 .
49At startup,
50.Nm
51performs a
52.Xr chroot 2
53to
54.Pa /var/empty
55and switches to user
56.Va _rstatd .
57.Pp
58The options are as follows:
59.Bl -tag -width Ds
60.It Ar closedown
61Number of seconds before going dormant.
62Defaults to 20 seconds.
63.El
64.Pp
65.Nm rpc.rstatd
66uses an RPC protocol defined in
67.Pa /usr/include/rpcsvc/rstat.x .
68.Sh SEE ALSO
69.Xr rup 1 ,
70.Xr inetd 8
71