1.\" $NetBSD: rpc.5,v 1.4 2000/11/17 10:14:20 lukem 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.Sh NAME 7.Nm rpc 8.Nd rpc program number data base 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10.Fa /etc/rpc 11.Sh DESCRIPTION 12The 13.Nm 14 file is a local source containing user readable names that 15can be used in place of RPC program numbers. 16.Pp 17The rpc file has one line for each RPC 18program name. The line has the following format: 19.Pp 20.I name-of-the-RPC-program RPC-program-number aliases 21.Pp 22Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or 23tab characters. 24A hash 25.Pq Dq \&# 26indicates the beginning of a comment; 27characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted 28by routines which search the file. 29.Sh EXAMPLES 30.Pp 31Below is an example of an RPC database: 32.Pp 33.Bd -literal 34# 35# rpc 36# 37rpcbind 100000 portmap sunrpc portmapper 38rusersd 100002 rusers 39nfs 100003 nfsprog 40mountd 100005 mount showmount 41walld 100008 rwall shutdown 42sprayd 100012 spray 43llockmgr 100020 44nlockmgr 100021 45status 100024 46bootparam 100026 47keyserv 100029 keyserver 48.Ed 49.Sh SEE ALSO 50.Xr getrpcent 3 51.Sh FILES 52.Nm /etc/nsswitch.conf 53