1 .\" $NetBSD: rpcbind.8,v 1.1 2010/07/26 15:53:00 pooka Exp $
2 .\" @(#)rpcbind.1m 1.19 92/09/14 SMI; from SVr4
3 .\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
4 .\" Copyright 1991 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
9 .Nd universal addresses to RPC program number mapper
15 is a server that converts
19 It must be running on the host to be able to make
22 on a server on that machine.
29 the address at which it is listening,
32 program numbers it is prepared to serve.
33 When a client wishes to make an
35 call to a given program number,
38 on the server machine to determine
41 requests should be sent.
44 should be started before any other RPC service.
47 servers are started by port monitors, so
49 must be started before port monitors are invoked.
53 is started, it checks that certain name-to-address
54 translation-calls function correctly.
55 If they fail, the network configuration databases may be corrupt.
58 services cannot function correctly in this situation,
60 reports the condition and terminates.
63 can only be started by the super-user.
65 Access control is provided by
79 will not fork when it starts, will print additional information
80 during operation, and will abort on certain errors.
81 With this option, the name-to-address translation consistency
82 checks are shown in detail.
86 Allows calls to SET and UNSET from any host.
89 accepts these requests only from the loopback interface for security reasons.
90 This change is necessary for programs that were compiled with earlier
91 versions of the rpc library and do not make those requests using the
94 Turns on libwrap connection logging.
98 to change to the user daemon as soon as possible.
101 to use non-privileged ports for outgoing connections, preventing non-privileged
104 to connect to services from a privileged port.
106 Allow old-style local connections over the loopback interface.
107 Without this flag, local connections are only allowed over a local socket,
108 .Pa /var/run/rpcbind.sock
111 All RPC servers must be restarted if
115 .Bl -tag -width "/var/run/rpcbind.sock" -compact
116 .It Pa /var/run/rpcbind.sock
117 .It Pa /etc/hosts.allow
118 explicit remote host access list.
119 .It Pa /etc/hosts.deny
120 explicit remote host denial of service list.
125 .Xr hosts_options 5 ,