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portmap

1. DARPA port to RPC program number mapper From whatis
Source:
Linux Dictionary (version 0.12)
author: Binh Nguyen
linuxfilesystem(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)au

This Linux Dictionary is distributed under the GNU
Free Documentation License. Online version is at
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.htm

2. The RPC portmapper Portmap is a server that converts RPC (Remote Procedure Call) program numbers into DARPA protocol port numbers. It must be running in order to make RPC calls. Services that use RPC include NFS and NIS. From Debian 3.0r0 APT
Source:
Linux Dictionary (version 0.12)
author: Binh Nguyen
linuxfilesystem(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)au

This Linux Dictionary is distributed under the GNU
Free Documentation License. Online version is at
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.htm

3. The portmapper program is a security tool that prevents theft of NIS(YP), NFS, and other sensitive information via the portmapper. A portmapper manages RPC connections, which are used by protocols like NFS and NIS. The portmap package should be installed on any machine which acts as a server for protocols using RPC. From Redhat 8.0 RPM
Source:
Linux Dictionary (version 0.12)
author: Binh Nguyen
linuxfilesystem(at)yahoo(dot)com(dot)au

This Linux Dictionary is distributed under the GNU
Free Documentation License. Online version is at
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Dictionary/html/index.htm



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