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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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