NAME
portmap - DARPA port to RPC program number mapper

SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/rpc.portmap

DESCRIPTION
Portmap is a server that converts RPC program numbers into 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 determine the port number where RPC packets should be
sent.

Normally, standard RPC servers are started by inetd(8), so portmap
must be started before inetd is invoked.

SEE ALSO
services(5), rpcinfo(8), inetd(8)

BUGS
If portmap crashes, all servers must be restarted.