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PORTMAP(8)                BSD System Manager's Manual               PORTMAP(8)

NAME
     portmap -- RPC program,version to DARPA port mapper

SYNOPSIS
     portmap [-d] [-v] [-h bindip]

DESCRIPTION
     Portmap is a server that converts RPC program numbers into DARPA 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.

     Portmap uses hosts_access(5) access control by default.  Access control patterns may only reference IP
     addresses.

     Normally portmap forks and dissociates itself from the terminal like any other daemon.  Portmap then
     logs errors using syslog(3).

     The following options are available:

     -d      Prevent portmap from running as a daemon, and causes errors and debugging information to be
             printed to the standard error output.

     -v      Enable verbose logging of access control checks.

     -h      Specify specific ip addresses to bind to for UDP requests.  This option may be specified multi-ple multiple
             ple times and is typically necessary when running portmap on a multi-homed host.  If no -h
             option is specified, portmap will bind to INADDR_ANY, which could lead to problems on a multi-homed multihomed
             homed host due to portmap returning a udp packet from a different IP address then it was sent
             to.  Note that when specifying ip addresses with -h, portmap will automatically add 127.0.0.1
             to the list so you don't have to.

SEE ALSO
     hosts_access(5), inetd.conf(5), inetd(8), rpcinfo(8)

BUGS
     If portmap crashes, all servers must be restarted.

HISTORY
     The portmap command appeared in 4.3BSD

4.3 Berkeley Distribution        June 6, 1993        4.3 Berkeley Distribution