Networking Guide
Chapter 12, Configuring the Network File System (NFS)

The lockd daemon

The lockd daemon

The Network Lock Manager provides file and record locking and DOS-compatible file sharing and locking in an NFS environment. The SCO NFS lock manager is the lockd daemon. lockd runs on both client and server to process lock requests and lock releases, and to handle crash recovery operations. For more information, refer to the lockd(NADM) manual page.