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1 | .\" @(#)portmap.8c 2.2 88/08/03 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.10 88/03/14 SMI |
| 2 | .TH PORTMAP 8C "9 September 1987" | |
| 3 | .SH NAME | |
| 4 | portmap \- DARPA port to RPC program number mapper | |
| 5 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 6 | .B /usr/etc/rpc.portmap | |
| 7 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
| 8 | .IX "portmap command" "" "\fLportmap\fP \(em DARPA to RPC mapper" | |
| 9 | .IX DARPA "to RPC mapper \(em \fLportmap\fP" | |
| 10 | .B portmap | |
| 11 | is a server that converts | |
| 12 | .SM RPC | |
| 13 | program numbers into | |
| 14 | .SM DARPA | |
| 15 | protocol port numbers. | |
| 16 | It must be running in order to make | |
| 17 | .SM RPC | |
| 18 | calls. | |
| 19 | .LP | |
| 20 | When an | |
| 21 | .SM RPC | |
| 22 | server is started, it will tell | |
| 23 | .B portmap | |
| 24 | what port number it is listening to, and what | |
| 25 | .SM RPC | |
| 26 | program numbers it is prepared to serve. | |
| 27 | When a client wishes to make an | |
| 28 | .SM RPC | |
| 29 | call to a given program number, | |
| 30 | it will first contact | |
| 31 | .B portmap | |
| 32 | on the server machine to determine | |
| 33 | the port number where | |
| 34 | .SM RPC | |
| 35 | packets should be sent. | |
| 36 | .LP | |
| 37 | Normally, standard | |
| 38 | .SM RPC | |
| 39 | servers are started by | |
| 40 | .BR inetd (8C), | |
| 41 | so | |
| 42 | .B portmap | |
| 43 | must be started before | |
| 44 | .B inetd | |
| 45 | is invoked. | |
| 46 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
| 47 | .BR inetd.conf (5), | |
| 48 | .BR rpcinfo (8), | |
| 49 | .BR inetd (8) | |
| 50 | .SH BUGS | |
| 51 | If | |
| 52 | .B portmap | |
| 53 | crashes, all servers must be restarted. |