1 .\" @(#)rpcbind.1m 1.19 92/09/14 SMI; from SVr4
2 .\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
3 .\" Copyright 1991 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
4 .\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/rpcbind/rpcbind.8,v 1.10 2007/04/23 07:09:25 matteo Exp $
11 .Nd universal addresses to RPC program number mapper
19 utility is a server that converts
23 It must be running on the host to be able to make
26 on a server on that machine.
33 the address at which it is listening,
36 program numbers it is prepared to serve.
37 When a client wishes to make an
39 call to a given program number,
42 on the server machine to determine
45 requests should be sent.
49 utility should be started before any other RPC service.
52 servers are started by port monitors, so
54 must be started before port monitors are invoked.
58 is started, it checks that certain name-to-address
59 translation-calls function correctly.
60 If they fail, the network configuration databases may be corrupt.
63 services cannot function correctly in this situation,
65 reports the condition and terminates.
69 utility can only be started by the super-user.
71 .Bl -tag -width indent
73 Bind to AF_INET6 (IPv6) addresses only.
77 do an abort on errors.
82 will not fork when it starts, will print additional information
83 during operation, and will abort on certain errors if
86 With this option, the name-to-address translation consistency
87 checks are shown in detail.
89 Specify specific IP addresses to bind to for TCP and UDP requests.
91 may be specified multiple times and is typically necessary when running
92 on a multi-homed host.
99 which could lead to problems on a multi-homed host due to
101 returning a UDP packet from a different IP address than it was
103 Note that when specifying IP addresses with
106 will automatically add
108 and if IPv6 is enabled,
114 Allow calls to SET and UNSET from any host.
117 accepts these requests only from the loopback interface for security reasons.
118 This change is necessary for programs that were compiled with earlier
119 versions of the rpc library and do not make those requests using the
122 Allow old-style local connections over the loopback interface.
123 Without this flag, local connections are only allowed over a local socket,
124 .Pa /var/run/rpcbind.sock .
126 Turn on libwrap connection logging.
130 to change to the user daemon as soon as possible.
133 to use non-privileged ports for outgoing connections, preventing non-privileged
136 to connect to services from a privileged port.
139 All RPC servers must be restarted if
143 .Bl -tag -width /var/run/rpcbind.sock -compact
144 .It Pa /var/run/rpcbind.sock