> This might be an FAQ, but I couldn't find it - there doesn't seem
> to be an rpc.lockd or equivalent in the standard distribution.  Is this
> an oversight - or is locking considered unnecessary?
> 
> Just curious - thanks,
> Jake
> 

It was neither an oversight nor left out because we felt it was
unnecessary.  There does not exist a free version of rpc.lockd.  Worse
yet, the specification for it has some omissions.  I hope we'll see an
implementation in the first half of this year, but i wouldn't stake my
life on it.

later,
Adam Glass