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diff --git a/lib/librpc/man/man8/portmap.8c b/lib/librpc/man/man8/portmap.8c deleted file mode 100644 index 862bd05..0000000 --- a/lib/librpc/man/man8/portmap.8c +++ /dev/null @@ -1,53 +0,0 @@ -.\" @(#)portmap.8c 2.2 88/08/03 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.10 88/03/14 SMI -.TH PORTMAP 8C "9 September 1987" -.SH NAME -portmap \- DARPA port to RPC program number mapper -.SH SYNOPSIS -.B /usr/etc/rpc.portmap -.SH DESCRIPTION -.IX "portmap command" "" "\fLportmap\fP \(em DARPA to RPC mapper" -.IX DARPA "to RPC mapper \(em \fLportmap\fP" -.B portmap -is a server that converts -.SM RPC -program numbers into -.SM DARPA -protocol port numbers. -It must be running in order to make -.SM RPC -calls. -.LP -When an -.SM RPC -server is started, it will tell -.B portmap -what port number it is listening to, and what -.SM RPC -program numbers it is prepared to serve. -When a client wishes to make an -.SM RPC -call to a given program number, -it will first contact -.B portmap -on the server machine to determine -the port number where -.SM RPC -packets should be sent. -.LP -Normally, standard -.SM RPC -servers are started by -.BR inetd (8C), -so -.B portmap -must be started before -.B inetd -is invoked. -.SH "SEE ALSO" -.BR inetd.conf (5), -.BR rpcinfo (8), -.BR inetd (8) -.SH BUGS -If -.B portmap -crashes, all servers must be restarted. |