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@(#)portmap.8 5.1 (Berkeley) 08/23/90
Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
All rights reserved.
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@(#)portmap.8 5.1 (Berkeley) 08/23/90
PORTMAP 8 ""
C 6 NAME
portmap - DARPA port to RPC program number mapper
SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/rpc.portmap DESCRIPTION
"portmap command" "" "\fLportmap \(em DARPA to RPC mapper" DARPA "to RPC mapper \(em \fLportmap" portmap 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 portmap 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, it will first contact portmap on the server machine to determine the port number where RPC packets should be sent.
Normally, standard RPC servers are started by inetd (8C), so portmap must be started before inetd is invoked.
"SEE ALSO"
inetd.conf (5), rpcinfo (8), inetd (8) BUGS
If
portmap crashes, all servers must be restarted.