PORTMAP(8) | System Manager's Manual | PORTMAP(8) |
portmap
— Internet
protocol port to RPC program number mapper
portmap |
[-d ] |
portmap
is a server that converts RPC
program numbers into Internet protocol port numbers. It must be running in
order to make RPC calls.
When an RPC server is started, it will tell
portmap
what port number it is listening to, and
what RPC program numbers it is prepared to serve. When a client wishes to
make an RPC call to a given program number, it will first contact
portmap
on the server machine to determine the port
number where RPC packets should be sent.
portmap
must be started before any RPC
servers are invoked.
Normally portmap
forks and dissociates
itself from the terminal like any other daemon.
portmap
then logs errors using
syslog(3).
The options are as follows:
-d
portmap
from running as a daemon,
and causes errors and debugging information to be printed to the standard
error output.The portmap
command appeared in
4.3BSD.
If portmap
crashes, all servers must be
restarted.
March 3, 2019 | OpenBSD-6.9 |