1 .\" @(#)rpcbind.1m 1.19 92/09/14 SMI; from SVr4
2 .\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
3 .\" Copyright 1991 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
10 .Nd universal addresses to RPC program number mapper
16 is a server that converts
20 It must be running on the host to be able to make
23 on a server on that machine.
30 the address at which it is listening,
33 program numbers it is prepared to serve.
34 When a client wishes to make an
36 call to a given program number,
39 on the server machine to determine
42 requests should be sent.
45 should be started before any other RPC service.
48 servers are started by port monitors, so
50 must be started before port monitors are invoked.
54 is started, it checks that certain name-to-address
55 translation-calls function correctly.
56 If they fail, the network configuration databases may be corrupt.
59 services cannot function correctly in this situation,
61 reports the condition and terminates.
64 can only be started by the super-user.
66 .Bl -tag -width indent
71 will not fork when it starts, will print additional information
72 during operation, and will abort on certain errors.
73 With this option, the name-to-address translation consistency
74 checks are shown in detail.
78 Allows calls to SET and UNSET from any host.
81 accepts these requests only from the loopback interface for security reasons.
82 This change is necessary for programs that were compiled with earlier
83 versions of the rpc library and do not make those requests using the
86 Turns on libwrap connection logging.
90 to change to the user daemon as soon as possible.
93 to use non-privileged ports for outgoing connections, preventing non-privileged
96 to connect to services from a privileged port.
98 Allow old-style local connections over the loopback interface.
99 Without this flag, local connections are only allowed over a local socket,
100 .Pa /var/run/rpcbind.sock .
103 All RPC servers must be restarted if
110 .Bl -tag -width /var/run/rpcbind.sock -compact
111 .It Pa /var/run/rpcbind.sock