RMTSYSD(8)

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💅 RMTSYSD(8) — the AFS Command Reference, but make it cute

okay bestie, pull up a chair, because we're talking about rmtsysd — a lil daemon (from the 8 section of the AFS Command Reference, so you know it's a system-administration situation) that runs AFS-specific system calls on behalf of remote hosts. yeah. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

rmtsysd — a daemon whose entire job is executing AFS-specific system calls for hosts that aren't local. she's the middle girl. the plug. the go-between. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

rmtsysd

literally that's it. no flags. no arguments. no drama. she just is. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so rmtsysd is a daemon that executes AFS-specific system calls on behalf of NFS client machines. she's doing the AFS translation work so the NFS girlies don't have to.

but hear me out, because this is the part everyone skips and then gets confused: you only need to start this daemon if your machine is an NFS/AFS translator server — specifically for users on NFS client machines who are out here executing AFS commands. if that's not your situation? don't start her. she doesn't need to be running. she's not a background vibe, she's a specific-purpose vibe. iykyk ✨

💀 CAUTIONS 💀

bestie. listen to me. the protocol this daemon uses is NOT considered secure.

so like… do not use this in an environment where security is important. that's not me being dramatic, that's just the fact. the protocol is not secure and that is a real, actual caveat. if security matters where you're deploying, this is a no. periodt. 🙈

👑 PRIVILEGE REQUIRED 👑

whoever's issuing this? they must be logged in as the local superuser root. no regular-user shenanigans. main character privileges only. 💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • afsd(8) — go read that too, bestie, she's the sibling 💖

Copyright 2009 Steven Jenkins <steven@endpoint.com>

This documentation is covered by the BSD License as written in the doc/LICENSE file. This man page was written by Steven Jenkins for OpenAFS.

and that's the whole page, no cap. this one's from OpenAFS, dated 2026-07-27, and yes the footer says RMTSYSD(8) again because man pages love a lil symmetry 🌟 mwah, go start (or, more likely, don't start) your daemon responsibly. 💖

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