NAME

rpc − rpc program number data base

SYNOPSIS

/etc/rpc

DESCRIPTION

The rpc file contains user readable names that can be used in place of rpc program numbers.  Each line has the following information:

name number aliases

Where name is the name of the server for the rpc program, number is the rpc program number, and aliases are other command names that map to name. Items are separated by blanks or tabs. A # indicates the beginning of a comment; characters following the # up to the end of the line are not interpreted by routines that search the file. 

The following is an example of an rpc file:

rstatd100001rstat rup perfmeter
rusersd100002rusers
nfs100003nfsprog
ypserv100004ypprog
mountd100005mount showmount
ypbind100007
walld100008rwall shutdown
yppasswdd100009yppasswd
ethersstatd100010etherstat
rquotad100011rquotaprog quota rquota
sprayd100012spray
selection_svc100014selnsvc

FILES

/etc/rpc

SEE ALSO

getrpcent(3N)

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