1.\" $NetBSD: rpc.5,v 1.3 2000/06/15 20:05:54 fvdl 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 ``#'' indicates the beginning of a comment; 25characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted 26by routines which search the file. 27.Sh EXAMPLES 28.Pp 29Below is an example of an RPC database: 30.Pp 31.Bd -literal 32# 33# rpc 34# 35rpcbind 100000 portmap sunrpc portmapper 36rusersd 100002 rusers 37nfs 100003 nfsprog 38mountd 100005 mount showmount 39walld 100008 rwall shutdown 40sprayd 100012 spray 41llockmgr 100020 42nlockmgr 100021 43status 100024 44bootparam 100026 45keyserv 100029 keyserver 46.Ed 47.Sh SEE ALSO 48.Xr getrpcent 3 49.Sh FILES 50.Nm /etc/nsswitch.conf 51