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1.1     ! root        1: .\" @(#)portmap.8c 1.1 85/02/25 SMI;
        !             2: .TH PORTMAP 8C "1 February 1985"
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: portmap \- DARPA port to RPC program number mapper
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /usr/etc/rpc.portmap
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Portmap
        !             9: is a server that converts RPC program numbers
        !            10: into DARPA protocol port numbers.
        !            11: It must be running in order to make RPC calls.
        !            12: .PP
        !            13: When an RPC server is started, it will tell
        !            14: .I portmap
        !            15: what port number it is listening to,
        !            16: and what RPC program numbers it is prepared to serve.
        !            17: When a client wishes to make an RPC call to a given program number,
        !            18: it will first contact
        !            19: .I portmap
        !            20: on the server machine to determine
        !            21: the port number where RPC packets should be sent.
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: Normally, standard RPC servers are started by
        !            24: .IR inetd (8c),
        !            25: so
        !            26: .I portmap
        !            27: must be started before
        !            28: .I inetd
        !            29: is invoked.
        !            30: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            31: servers(5), rpcinfo(8), inetd(8)
        !            32: .SH BUGS
        !            33: If
        !            34: .I portmap
        !            35: crashes, all servers must be restarted.

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