Re: SUN RPC portmapper

[Doug Hughes <Doug.Hughes () Eng Auburn EDU>]

> > There really isn't as far as I know. Some services are relatively fixed
> > (e.g. NFS - 2049, network lock manager 4045), but the rest are mostly
> > randomly assigned at ports above 32768. When your server registers with
> > rpcbind/portmap, portmap assigns it a port. Then, when a client requests
> > an RPC service, it contacts portmap/rpcbind to resolve the RPC number
> > to a port and protocol (udp,tcp,tli, whatever)
>
> It's been a few years since I looked at the code, but as I recall applications
> bind to their own ports and simply notify the portmapper what they're using.

He's entirely correct, mea cupla. The server starts, binds a random port,
and then tells the rpcbind/portmap daemon what port(s) it's listening on
and what service(s) it provides.

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Doug Hughes                                     Engineering Network Services
System/Net Admin                                Auburn University
                        doug () eng auburn edu