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.\" $NetBSD: rpc.5,v 1.3 2000/06/15 20:05:54 fvdl Exp $
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\" @(#)rpc.4 1.17 93/08/30 SMI; from SVr4
.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
.Dd December 10, 1991
.Dt RPC 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rpc
.Nd rpc program number data base
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Pa /etc/rpc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
file contains user readable names that
can be used in place of RPC program numbers.
For each RPC program a single line should be present
with the following information:
.Pp
.Bl -enum -compact
.It
name of the RPC program
.It
RPC program number
.It
aliases
.El
.Pp
Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
tab characters.
A hash
.Pq Dq Li #
indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of
the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/nsswitch.conf -compact
.It Pa /etc/nsswitch.conf
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
Below is an example of an RPC database:
.Bd -literal
#
# rpc
#
rpcbind 100000 portmap sunrpc portmapper
rusersd 100002 rusers
nfs 100003 nfsprog
mountd 100005 mount showmount
walld 100008 rwall shutdown
sprayd 100012 spray
llockmgr 100020
nlockmgr 100021
status 100024
bootparam 100026
keyserv 100029 keyserver
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr getrpcent 3