1.\" $NetBSD: rpc.5,v 1.11 2013/03/15 19:32:31 njoly Exp $ 2.\" @(#)rpc.4 1.17 93/08/30 SMI; from SVr4 3.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T 4.Dd December 10, 1991 5.Dt RPC 5 6.Os 7.Sh NAME 8.Nm rpc 9.Nd rpc program number data base 10.Sh SYNOPSIS 11.Pa /etc/rpc 12.Sh DESCRIPTION 13The 14.Nm 15file is a local source containing user readable names that 16can be used in place of RPC program numbers. 17.Pp 18The 19.Nm 20file has one line for each RPC program name. 21The line has the following format: 22.Pp 23.Dl name-of-the-RPC-program RPC-program-number aliases 24.Pp 25Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or 26tab characters. 27A hash 28.Pq Dq \&# 29indicates the beginning of a comment; 30characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted 31by routines which search the file. 32.Sh FILES 33.Pa /etc/rpc 34.Sh EXAMPLES 35Below is an example of an RPC data base: 36.Pp 37.Bd -literal 38# 39# rpc 40# 41rpcbind 100000 portmap sunrpc portmapper 42rusersd 100002 rusers 43nfs 100003 nfsprog 44mountd 100005 mount showmount 45walld 100008 rwall shutdown 46sprayd 100012 spray 47llockmgr 100020 48nlockmgr 100021 49status 100024 50bootparam 100026 51keyserv 100029 keyserver 52.Ed 53.Sh SEE ALSO 54.Xr getrpcent 3 55