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33 | .\" @(#)portmap.8 5.3 (Berkeley) 3/16/91 | |
34 | .\" | |
35 | .Dd March 16, 1991 | |
36 | .Dt PORTMAP 8 | |
37 | .Os BSD 4.3 | |
38 | .Sh NAME | |
39 | .Nm portmap | |
40 | .Nd | |
41 | .Tn DARPA | |
42 | port to | |
43 | .Tn RPC | |
44 | program number mapper | |
45 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
46 | .Nm portmap | |
47 | .Op Fl d | |
48 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
49 | .Nm Portmap | |
50 | is a server that converts | |
51 | .Tn RPC | |
52 | program numbers into | |
53 | .Tn DARPA | |
54 | protocol port numbers. | |
55 | It must be running in order to make | |
56 | .Tn RPC | |
57 | calls. | |
58 | .Pp | |
59 | When an | |
60 | .Tn RPC | |
61 | server is started, it will tell | |
62 | .Nm portmap | |
63 | what port number it is listening to, and what | |
64 | .Tn RPC | |
65 | program numbers it is prepared to serve. | |
66 | When a client wishes to make an | |
67 | .Tn RPC | |
68 | call to a given program number, | |
69 | it will first contact | |
70 | .Nm portmap | |
71 | on the server machine to determine | |
72 | the port number where | |
73 | .Tn RPC | |
74 | packets should be sent. | |
75 | .Pp | |
76 | .Nm Portmap | |
77 | must be started before any | |
78 | .Tn RPC | |
79 | servers are invoked. | |
80 | .Pp | |
81 | Normally | |
82 | .Nm portmap | |
83 | forks and dissociates itself from the terminal | |
84 | like any other daemon. | |
85 | .Nm Portmap | |
86 | then logs errors using | |
87 | .Xr syslog 3 . | |
88 | .Pp | |
89 | Option available: | |
90 | .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
91 | .It Fl d | |
92 | (debug) prevents | |
93 | .Nm portmap | |
94 | from running as a daemon, | |
95 | and causes errors and debugging information | |
96 | to be printed to the standard error output. | |
97 | .El | |
98 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
99 | .Xr inetd.conf 5 , | |
100 | .Xr rpcinfo 8 , | |
101 | .Xr inetd 8 | |
102 | .Sh BUGS | |
103 | If | |
104 | .Nm portmap | |
105 | crashes, all servers must be restarted. | |
106 | .Sh HISTORY | |
107 | The | |
108 | .Nm | |
109 | command appeared in | |
110 | .Bx 4.3 |