1.\" @(#)rpcbind.1m 1.19 92/09/14 SMI; from SVr4 2.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T 3.\" Copyright 1991 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 4.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/rpcbind/rpcbind.8,v 1.10 2007/04/23 07:09:25 matteo Exp $ 5.Dd April 23, 2007 6.Dt RPCBIND 8 7.Os 8.Sh NAME 9.Nm rpcbind 10.Nd universal addresses to RPC program number mapper 11.Sh SYNOPSIS 12.Nm 13.Op Fl 6adiLls 14.Op Fl h Ar bindip 15.Sh DESCRIPTION 16The 17.Nm 18utility is a server that converts 19.Tn RPC 20program numbers into 21universal addresses. 22It must be running on the host to be able to make 23.Tn RPC 24calls 25on a server on that machine. 26.Pp 27When an 28.Tn RPC 29service is started, 30it tells 31.Nm 32the address at which it is listening, 33and the 34.Tn RPC 35program numbers it is prepared to serve. 36When a client wishes to make an 37.Tn RPC 38call to a given program number, 39it first contacts 40.Nm 41on the server machine to determine 42the address where 43.Tn RPC 44requests should be sent. 45.Pp 46The 47.Nm 48utility should be started before any other RPC service. 49Normally, standard 50.Tn RPC 51servers are started by port monitors, so 52.Nm 53must be started before port monitors are invoked. 54.Pp 55When 56.Nm 57is started, it checks that certain name-to-address 58translation-calls function correctly. 59If they fail, the network configuration databases may be corrupt. 60Since 61.Tn RPC 62services cannot function correctly in this situation, 63.Nm 64reports the condition and terminates. 65.Pp 66The 67.Nm 68utility can only be started by the super-user. 69.Sh OPTIONS 70.Bl -tag -width indent 71.It Fl 6 72Bind to AF_INET6 (IPv6) addresses only. 73.It Fl a 74When debugging 75.Pq Fl d , 76do an abort on errors. 77.It Fl d 78Run in debug mode. 79In this mode, 80.Nm 81will not fork when it starts, will print additional information 82during operation, and will abort on certain errors if 83.Fl a 84is also specified. 85With this option, the name-to-address translation consistency 86checks are shown in detail. 87.It Fl h Ar bindip 88Specify specific IP addresses to bind to for TCP and UDP requests. 89This option 90may be specified multiple times and is typically necessary when running 91on a multi-homed host. 92If no 93.Fl h 94option is specified, 95.Nm 96will bind to 97.Dv INADDR_ANY , 98which could lead to problems on a multi-homed host due to 99.Nm 100returning a UDP packet from a different IP address than it was 101sent to. 102Note that when specifying IP addresses with 103.Fl h , 104.Nm 105will automatically add 106.Li 127.0.0.1 107and if IPv6 is enabled, 108.Li ::1 109to the list. 110.It Fl i 111.Dq Insecure 112mode. 113Allow calls to SET and UNSET from any host. 114Normally 115.Nm 116accepts these requests only from the loopback interface for security reasons. 117This change is necessary for programs that were compiled with earlier 118versions of the rpc library and do not make those requests using the 119loopback interface. 120.It Fl L 121Allow old-style local connections over the loopback interface. 122Without this flag, local connections are only allowed over a local socket, 123.Pa /var/run/rpcbind.sock . 124.It Fl l 125Turn on libwrap connection logging. 126.It Fl s 127Cause 128.Nm 129to change to the user daemon as soon as possible. 130This causes 131.Nm 132to use non-privileged ports for outgoing connections, preventing non-privileged 133clients from using 134.Nm 135to connect to services from a privileged port. 136.El 137.Sh NOTES 138All RPC servers must be restarted if 139.Nm 140is restarted. 141.Sh FILES 142.Bl -tag -width /var/run/rpcbind.sock -compact 143.It Pa /var/run/rpcbind.sock 144.El 145.Sh SEE ALSO 146.Xr rpcbind 3 , 147.Xr netconfig 5 , 148.Xr rpcinfo 8 149