.\" @(#)portmap.8c 1.1 85/02/25 SMI;
.TH PORTMAP 8C "1 February 1985"
portmap \- DARPA port to RPC program number mapper
is a server that converts RPC program numbers
into DARPA protocol port numbers.
It must be running in order to make RPC calls.
When an RPC server is started, it will tell
what port number it is listening to,
and what RPC program numbers it is prepared to serve.
When a client wishes to make an RPC call to a given program number,
on the server machine to determine
the port number where RPC packets should be sent.
Normally, standard RPC servers are started by
servers(5), rpcinfo(8), inetd(8)
crashes, all servers must be restarted.