1 .\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
2 .\" Copyright 1991 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
8 .Nd universal addresses to RPC program number mapper
16 utility 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.
46 utility should be started before any other RPC service.
49 servers are started by port monitors, so
51 must be started before port monitors are invoked.
55 is started, it checks that certain name-to-address
56 translation-calls function correctly.
57 If they fail, the network configuration databases may be corrupt.
60 services cannot function correctly in this situation,
62 reports the condition and terminates.
66 utility can only be started by the super-user.
68 .Bl -tag -width indent
70 Bind to AF_INET6 (IPv6) addresses only.
74 do an abort on errors.
79 will not fork when it starts, will print additional information
80 during operation, and will abort on certain errors if
83 With this option, the name-to-address translation consistency
84 checks are shown in detail.
86 IP addresses to bind to when servicing TCP and UDP requests.
88 may be specified multiple times and is typically necessary when running
89 on a multi-homed host.
96 which could lead to problems on a multi-homed host due to
98 returning a UDP packet from a different IP address than it was
100 Note that when specifying IP addresses with
103 will automatically add
105 and if IPv6 is enabled,
111 Allow calls to SET and UNSET from any host.
114 accepts these requests only from the loopback interface for security reasons.
115 This change is necessary for programs that were compiled with earlier
116 versions of the rpc library and do not make those requests using the
119 Allow old-style local connections over the loopback interface.
120 Without this flag, local connections are only allowed over a local socket,
121 .Pa /var/run/rpcbind.sock .
123 Turn on libwrap connection logging.
125 Run in foreground mode.
128 will not fork when it starts.
132 to change to the user daemon as soon as possible.
135 to use non-privileged ports for outgoing connections, preventing non-privileged
138 to connect to services from a privileged port.
140 Enable libwrap (TCP wrappers) support.
142 Enable the warmstart feature.
144 The warmstart feature saves RPC registrations on termination.
145 Any saved RPC registrations are restored on restart if
148 This feature helps avoid RPC service interruption when restarting
150 warmstart support must be compiled in to
152 Portmap registrations are stored in
153 .Pa /tmp/portmap.file .
155 registrations are stored in
156 .Pa /tmp/rpcbind.file .
159 All RPC servers must be restarted if
163 .Bl -tag -width /var/run/rpcbind.sock -compact
164 .It Pa /tmp/portmap.file
165 saved portmap registrations file.
166 .It Pa /tmp/rpcbind.file
170 .It Pa /var/run/rpcbind.sock
171 socket used for local connections.