rpcinfo Manual Page
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NAME
     rpcinfo - report RPC information

SYNOPSIS
     rpcinfo -p [ host ]

     rpcinfo [ -n portnum ] -u host program [ version ]

     rpcinfo [ -n portnum ] -t host program [ version ]

     rpcinfo -b program version

     rpcinfo -d program version

DESCRIPTION
     rpcinfo makes an RPC call to an RPC server and reports what it finds.

OPTIONS

     -p
          Probe the portmapper on host, and print a list of all registered RPC programs.  If host is not specified, it defaults to the value returned by gethostname().

     -u
          Make an RPC call to procedure 0 of program on the specified host using UDP, and report whether a response was received.

     -t
          Make an RPC call to procedure 0 of program on the specified host using TCP, and report whether a response was received.

     -n
          Use portnum as the port number for the -t and -u options instead of the port number given by the portmapper.

     -b
          Make an RPC broadcast to procedure 0 of the specified program and version using UDP and report all hosts that respond.

     -d
          Delete registration for the RPC service of the specified program and version.  This option can be exercised only by the superuser.  The program argument can be either a name or a number.  If a version is specified, rpcinfo attempts to call that version of the specified program.  Otherwise, rpcinfo attempts to find all the registered version numbers for the specified program by calling version 0 (which is presumed not to exist; if it does exist, rpcinfo attempts to obtain this information by calling an extremely high version number instead) and attempts to call each registered version.

     Note: the version number is required for -b and -d options.

EXAMPLES
     To show all of the RPC services registered on the local machine use:

          example% rpcinfo -p

     To show all of the RPC services registered on the machine named klaxon use:

          example% rpcinfo -p klaxon

     To show all machines on the local net that are running the Yellow Pages service use:

          example% rpcinfo -b ypserv 'version' | uniq

     where 'version' is the current Yellow Pages version obtained from the results of the -p switch above.

     To delete the registration for version 1 of the walld service use:

          example% rpcinfo -d walld 1

SEE ALSO
     rpc, portmap.