NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
makes an
call to an
server and reports what it finds.
OPTIONS
- p
Probe the portmapper on
and print a list of all registered
programs. If
is not specified, it defaults to the value returned by
hostname(1)
- u
Make an
call to procedure 0 of
on the specified
using
and report whether a response was received.
- t
Make an
call to procedure 0 of
on the specified
using
and report whether a response was received.
- n
Use
as the port number for the
and
options instead of the port number given by the portmapper.
- b
Make an
broadcast to procedure 0 of the specified
and
using
and report all hosts that respond.
- d
Delete registration for the
service of the specified
and
This option can be exercised only by the super-user.
The
argument can be either a name or a number.
If a
is specified,
attempts to call that version of the specified
Otherwise,
attempts to find all the registered version
numbers for the specified
by calling version 0 (which is presumed not
to exist; if it does exist,
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
and
options.
EXAMPLES
To show all of the
services registered on the local machine use:
To show all of the
services registered on the machine named
use:
To show all machines on the local net that are running the Yellow Pages
service use:
where 'version' is the current Yellow Pages version obtained from the
results of the
switch above.
To delete the registration for version 1 of the
service use:
SEE ALSO
BUGS
In releases prior to SunOS 3.0, the Network File System (NFS) did not
register itself with the portmapper;
cannot be used to make
calls to the
server on hosts running such releases.