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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/portmap')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/portmap/portmap.8 | 37 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/portmap/portmap.8 b/usr.sbin/portmap/portmap.8 index fc9317104f0..86ae2fc2907 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/portmap/portmap.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/portmap/portmap.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: portmap.8,v 1.8 2010/12/16 20:22:07 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: portmap.8,v 1.9 2015/09/10 15:16:44 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1987 Sun Microsystems .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. @@ -30,51 +30,34 @@ .\" .\" from: @(#)portmap.8 5.3 (Berkeley) 3/16/91 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: December 16 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: September 10 2015 $ .Dt PORTMAP 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm portmap -.Nd -.Tn DARPA -port to -.Tn RPC -program number mapper +.Nd DARPA port to RPC program number mapper .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm portmap .Op Fl d .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm portmap -is a server that converts -.Tn RPC -program numbers into -.Tn DARPA +is a server that converts RPC program numbers into DARPA protocol port numbers. -It must be running in order to make -.Tn RPC -calls. +It must be running in order to make RPC calls. .Pp -When an -.Tn RPC -server is started, it will tell +When an RPC server is started, it will tell .Nm portmap -what port number it is listening to, and what -.Tn RPC +what port number it is listening to, and what RPC program numbers it is prepared to serve. -When a client wishes to make an -.Tn RPC +When a client wishes to make an RPC call to a given program number, it will first contact .Nm portmap on the server machine to determine -the port number where -.Tn RPC -packets should be sent. +the port number where RPC packets should be sent. .Pp .Nm portmap -must be started before any -.Tn RPC -servers are invoked. +must be started before any RPC servers are invoked. .Pp Normally .Nm portmap |