1.\" $NetBSD: rpc.5,v 1.9 2009/03/11 13:51:47 joerg Exp $ 2.\" @(#)rpc.4 1.17 93/08/30 SMI; from SVr4 3.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T 4.Dd December 10, 1991 5.Dt RPC 5 6.Os 7.Sh NAME 8.Nm rpc 9.Nd rpc program number data base 10.Sh SYNOPSIS 11.Fa /etc/rpc 12.Sh DESCRIPTION 13The 14.Nm 15file is a local source containing user readable names that 16can be used in place of RPC program numbers. 17.Pp 18The rpc file has one line for each RPC 19program name. The line has the following format: 20.Pp 21.Dl name-of-the-RPC-program RPC-program-number aliases 22.Pp 23Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or 24tab characters. 25A hash 26.Pq Dq \&# 27indicates the beginning of a comment; 28characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted 29by routines which search the file. 30.Sh FILES 31.Nm /etc/nsswitch.conf 32.Sh EXAMPLES 33Below is an example of an RPC database: 34.Pp 35.Bd -literal 36# 37# rpc 38# 39rpcbind 100000 portmap sunrpc portmapper 40rusersd 100002 rusers 41nfs 100003 nfsprog 42mountd 100005 mount showmount 43walld 100008 rwall shutdown 44sprayd 100012 spray 45llockmgr 100020 46nlockmgr 100021 47status 100024 48bootparam 100026 49keyserv 100029 keyserver 50.Ed 51.Sh SEE ALSO 52.Xr getrpcent 3 53