| .\" @(#)rpc.4 1.17 93/08/30 SMI; from SVr4 |
| .\" Copyright 1989 AT&T |
| .Dd December 10, 1991 |
| .Dt RPC 5 |
| .Os |
| .Sh NAME |
| .Nm rpc |
| .Nd rpc program number data base |
| .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| .Pa /etc/rpc |
| .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| The |
| .Nm |
| file contains user readable names that |
| can be used in place of RPC program numbers. |
| For each RPC program a single line should be present |
| with the following information: |
| .Pp |
| .Bl -enum -compact |
| .It |
| name of the RPC program |
| .It |
| RPC program number |
| .It |
| aliases |
| .El |
| .Pp |
| Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or |
| tab characters. |
| A hash |
| .Pq Dq Li # |
| indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of |
| the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file. |
| .Sh EXAMPLES |
| Below is an example of an RPC database: |
| .Bd -literal |
| # |
| # rpc |
| # |
| rpcbind 100000 portmap sunrpc portmapper |
| rusersd 100002 rusers |
| nfs 100003 nfsprog |
| mountd 100005 mount showmount |
| walld 100008 rwall shutdown |
| sprayd 100012 spray |
| llockmgr 100020 |
| nlockmgr 100021 |
| status 100024 |
| bootparam 100026 |
| keyserv 100029 keyserver |
| .Ed |
| .Sh FILES |
| .Bl -tag -width /etc/nsswitch.conf -compact |
| .It Pa /etc/nsswitch.conf |
| .El |
| .Sh SEE ALSO |
| .Xr getrpcent 3 |
