Re: [osol-discuss] portmap(rpc bind) service configuration on solaris

2007-08-15 Thread RAJESH
Thanks Darren/Casper for your replies. your replies have led to demystify lot of things ... can you suggest some ways to bind the rpc program with fixed port on the portmapper which should involve minimal code changes as there are inherent dependencies with other system.. Regards, This

Re: [osol-discuss] portmap(rpc bind) service configuration on solaris

2007-08-15 Thread Casper . Dik
Thanks Darren/Casper for your replies. your replies have led to demystify lot of things ... can you suggest some ways to bind the rpc program with fixed port on the portmapper which should i nvolve minimal code changes as there are inherent dependencies with other system.. Regards, The

Re: [osol-discuss] portmap(rpc bind) service configuration on solaris

2007-08-14 Thread Casper . Dik
wanted to know if there is a way to configure manually the port number which is assigned by portmapper or rpcbind service on solaris? The portmapper and rpcbind do not assign ports; they *register* port assignments. An application which wants to use a specific port will need to bind to that

Re: [osol-discuss] portmap(rpc bind) service configuration on solaris

2007-08-14 Thread Darren J Moffat
RAJESH wrote: wanted to know if there is a way to configure manually the port number which is assigned by portmapper or rpcbind service on solaris? Why would you want to do that ? Exactly what problem are you trying to solve by doing this ? What RPC service is this for ? Generally the point