NAME

portmap − DARPA port to RPC program number mapper

SYNOPSIS

/etc/portmap

DESCRIPTION

The portmap server converts RPC program numbers into DARPA protocol port numbers.  It must be running to make RPC calls. 

When an RPC server starts, it registers itself with portmap, telling portmap what port number it is listening to and what RPC program numbers it is prepared to serve.  When a client wants to make an RPC call to a given program number, it first contacts portmap on the server machine to determine the port number where RPC packets should be sent. 

The portmap server must be started before inetd because standard RPC servers are started by inetd (see inetd(1M)).

WARNINGS

If portmap crashes, all RPC servers must be restarted. 

AUTHOR

portmap was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. 

SEE ALSO

inetd(1M), rpcinfo(1M), inetd.conf(4). 

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

8-bit data, 16-bit data, messages

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 9.0: August 1992