December 10, 1991 RPC 5

### NAME

rpc - rpc program number data base

### SYNOPSIS

```/etc/rpc`

### DESCRIPTION

The rpc file is a local source containing user readable names that can be used in place of RPC program numbers.

The rpc file has one line for each RPC program name. The line has the following format:

name-of-the-RPC-program RPC-program-number aliases

Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. A hash (``#'') indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file.

### FILES

/etc/nsswitch.conf

### EXAMPLES

Below is an example of an RPC database:

``

    #
    #       rpc
    #
    rpcbind         100000  portmap sunrpc portmapper
    rusersd         100002  rusers
    nfs             100003  nfsprog
    mountd          100005  mount   showmount
    walld           100008  rwall   shutdown
    sprayd          100012  spray
    llockmgr        100020
    nlockmgr        100021
    status          100024
    bootparam       100026
    keyserv         100029  keyserver

### SEE ALSO

getrpcent(3)