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1.\" $NetBSD: rpc.5,v 1.7 2001/09/11 01:22:51 wiz 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.Sh NAME
7.Nm rpc
8.Nd rpc program number data base
9.Sh SYNOPSIS
10.Fa /etc/rpc
11.Sh DESCRIPTION
12The
13.Nm
14 file is a local source containing user readable names that
15can be used in place of RPC program numbers.
16.Pp
17The rpc file has one line for each RPC
18program name. The line has the following format:
19.Pp
20.I name-of-the-RPC-program	RPC-program-number	aliases
21.Pp
22Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
23tab characters.
24A hash
25.Pq Dq \&#
26indicates the beginning of a comment;
27characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted
28by routines which search the file.
29.Sh FILES
30.Nm /etc/nsswitch.conf
31.Sh EXAMPLES
32Below is an example of an RPC database:
33.Pp
34.Bd -literal
35#
36#	rpc
37#
38rpcbind		100000	portmap	sunrpc portmapper
39rusersd		100002	rusers
40nfs		100003	nfsprog
41mountd		100005	mount	showmount
42walld		100008	rwall	shutdown
43sprayd		100012	spray
44llockmgr	100020
45nlockmgr	100021
46status		100024
47bootparam	100026
48keyserv		100029	keyserver
49.Ed
50.Sh SEE ALSO
51.Xr getrpcent 3
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