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diff --git a/usr.sbin/portmap/portmap.8 b/usr.sbin/portmap/portmap.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a651f5f --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/portmap/portmap.8 @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1987 Sun Microsystems +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)portmap.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 +.\" +.Dd June 6, 1993 +.Dt PORTMAP 8 +.Os BSD 4.3 +.Sh NAME +.Nm portmap +.Nd +.Tn DARPA +port to +.Tn RPC +program number mapper +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm portmap +.Op Fl d +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm Portmap +is a server that converts +.Tn RPC +program numbers into +.Tn DARPA +protocol port numbers. +It must be running in order to make +.Tn RPC +calls. +.Pp +When an +.Tn RPC +server is started, it will tell +.Nm portmap +what port number it is listening to, and what +.Tn RPC +program numbers it is prepared to serve. +When a client wishes to make an +.Tn RPC +call to a given program number, +it will first contact +.Nm portmap +on the server machine to determine +the port number where +.Tn RPC +packets should be sent. +.Pp +.Nm Portmap +must be started before any +.Tn RPC +servers are invoked. +.Pp +Normally +.Nm portmap +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 +.It Fl d +(debug) prevents +.Nm portmap +from running as a daemon, +and causes errors and debugging information +to be printed to the standard error output. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr inetd.conf 5 , +.Xr rpcinfo 8 , +.Xr inetd 8 +.Sh BUGS +If +.Nm portmap +crashes, all servers must be restarted. +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Bx 4.3 |