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NAME [Toc] [Back]
rpcbind - universal addresses to RPC program number mapper
SYNOPSIS [Toc] [Back]
rpcbind [-d] [-w]
DESCRIPTION [Toc] [Back]
rpcbind is a server that converts RPC program numbers into universal
addresses. It must be running on the host to be able to make RPC
calls on a server on that machine.
When an RPC service is started, it tells rpcbind the address at which
it is listening, and the RPC program numbers it is prepared to serve.
When a client wishes to make an RPC call to a given program number, it
first contacts rpcbind on the server machine to determine the address
where RPC requests should be sent.
rpcbind should be started before any other RPC service. Normally,
standard RPC servers are started by port monitors, so rpcbind must be
started before port monitors are invoked.
When rpcbind is started, it checks that certain name-to-address
translation calls function correctly. If they fail, the network
configuration databases may be corrupt. Since RPC services cannot
function correctly in this situation, rpcbind reports the condition
and terminates.
rpcbind can only be started by the super-user.
Options [Toc] [Back]
rpcbind recognizes the following options:
-d Run in debug mode. In this mode, rpcbind will not fork
when it starts, will print additional information
during operation, and will abort on certain errors.
With this option, the name-to-address translation
consistency checks are shown in detail.
-w Do a warm start. If rpcbind aborts or terminates on
SIGINT or SIGTERM, it will write the current list of
registered services to /tmp/portmap.file and
/tmp/rpcbind.file. Starting rpcbind with the -w option
instructs it to look for these files and start
operation with the registrations found in them. This
allows rpcbind to resume operation without requiring
all RPC services to be restarted.
WARNINGS [Toc] [Back]
Terminating rpcbind with SIGKILL will prevent the warm-start files
from being written.
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All RPC servers must be restarted if the following occurs: rpcbind
crashes (or is killed with SIGKILL) and is unable to to write the
warm-start files; rpcbind is started without the -w option after a
graceful termination; or, the warm-start files are not found by
rpcbind.
AUTHOR [Toc] [Back]
rpcbind was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
FILES [Toc] [Back]
/tmp/portmap.file
/tmp/rpcbind.file
SEE ALSO [Toc] [Back]
rpcinfo(1M), rpcbind(3N).
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