osf1 man page for portmap

portmap(8)						      System Manager's Manual							portmap(8)

NAME
       portmap - The DARPA port to RPC program number mapper

SYNOPSIS
       portmap

DESCRIPTION
       The  portmap  daemon  is  a server that converts Remote Procedure Call (RPC) program numbers into Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
       (DARPA) protocol port numbers.  It must be running in order to make RPC calls.

       When an RPC server is started, it will tell portmap what port number it is listening to, and what RPC program numbers  it  is  prepared	to
       serve.	When  a client wishes to make an RPC call to a given program number, it will first contact portmap on the server machine to deter-
       mine the port number where RPC packets should be sent.

       The portmap daemon must be started before any RPC servers, including mountd and nfsd, are invoked.   Note  that	if  portmap  crashes,  all
       servers must be restarted.

FILES
       Specifies the command path

RELATED INFORMATION
       Files:  services(4)

       Daemons: inetd(8) delim off

																	portmap(8)