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author | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-10-09 07:17:36 +0000 |
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committer | charnier <charnier@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-10-09 07:17:36 +0000 |
commit | 6d64125af79075a334fc10b542f72059b668de3d (patch) | |
tree | c36830ab847da954e41fd0345ee3f004a854c701 /usr.sbin/portmap/portmap.8 | |
parent | 0b1a7c5e856a56645b58c8fbf485e1bf6bdf3a01 (diff) | |
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Use err(3). Add usage().
Correct the .Nd string: in real life, portmap is translating rpc prog numbers
to darpa ports, not the opposite.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/portmap/portmap.8')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/portmap/portmap.8 | 25 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/portmap/portmap.8 b/usr.sbin/portmap/portmap.8 index 6ee765c..5635356 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/portmap/portmap.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/portmap/portmap.8 @@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ .Sh NAME .Nm portmap .Nd -.Tn DARPA -port to .Tn RPC -program number mapper +program,version +to +.Tn DARPA +port mapper .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm portmap .Op Fl d @@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ calls. When an .Tn RPC server is started, it will tell -.Nm portmap +.Nm what port number it is listening to, and what .Tn RPC program numbers it is prepared to serve. @@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ When a client wishes to make an .Tn RPC call to a given program number, it will first contact -.Nm portmap +.Nm on the server machine to determine the port number where .Tn RPC @@ -80,23 +81,23 @@ must be started before any servers are invoked. .Pp Normally -.Nm portmap +.Nm forks and dissociates itself from the terminal like any other daemon. .Nm Portmap then logs errors using .Xr syslog 3 . .Pp -Option available: -.Bl -tag -width Ds +The following options are available: +.Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl d -(debug) prevents -.Nm portmap +Prevent +.Nm from running as a daemon, and causes errors and debugging information to be printed to the standard error output. .It Fl v -(verbose) enable verbose logging access control checks. +Enable verbose logging access control checks. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr inetd.conf 5 , @@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ to be printed to the standard error output. .Xr rpcinfo 8 .Sh BUGS If -.Nm portmap +.Nm crashes, all servers must be restarted. .Sh HISTORY The |