Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Wed Aug 16 18:23:03 UTC 2017
Modified Files:
src/usr.sbin/rpcbind: rpcbind.8
Log Message:
Use today's date. Sort options. Remove superfluous Tn macro. Wording
improvement.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.13 -r1.14 src/usr.sbin/rpcbind/rpcbind.8
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Modified files:
Index: src/usr.sbin/rpcbind/rpcbind.8
diff -u src/usr.sbin/rpcbind/rpcbind.8:1.13 src/usr.sbin/rpcbind/rpcbind.8:1.14
--- src/usr.sbin/rpcbind/rpcbind.8:1.13 Wed Aug 16 14:22:58 2017
+++ src/usr.sbin/rpcbind/rpcbind.8 Wed Aug 16 18:23:03 2017
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: rpcbind.8,v 1.13 2017/08/16 14:22:58 christos Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: rpcbind.8,v 1.14 2017/08/16 18:23:03 wiz Exp $
.\" @(#)rpcbind.1m 1.19 92/09/14 SMI; from SVr4
.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
.\" Copyright 1991 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.\" $FreeBSD: head/usr.sbin/rpcbind/rpcbind.8 317163 2017-04-19 20:23:27Z ngie $
-.Dd August 18, 2017
+.Dd August 16, 2017
.Dt RPCBIND 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -11,45 +11,31 @@
.Nd universal addresses to RPC program number mapper
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
-.Op Fl 6adiLlswW
+.Op Fl 6adiLlsWw
.Op Fl h Ar bindip
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-utility is a server that converts
-.Tn RPC
-program numbers into
+utility is a server that converts RPC program numbers into
universal addresses.
-It must be running on the host to be able to make
-.Tn RPC
-calls
+It must be running on the host to be able to make RPC calls
on a server on that machine.
.Pp
-When an
-.Tn RPC
-service is started,
+When an RPC service is started,
it tells
.Nm
the address at which it is listening,
-and the
-.Tn RPC
-program numbers it is prepared to serve.
-When a client wishes to make an
-.Tn RPC
-call to a given program number,
+and the RPC program numbers it is prepared to serve.
+When a client wishes to make an RPC call to a given program number,
it first contacts
.Nm
on the server machine to determine
-the address where
-.Tn RPC
-requests should be sent.
+the address where RPC requests should be sent.
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility should be started before any other RPC service.
-Normally, standard
-.Tn RPC
-servers are started by port monitors, so
+Normally, standard RPC servers are started by port monitors, so
.Nm
must be started before port monitors are invoked.
.Pp
@@ -58,9 +44,7 @@ When
is started, it checks that certain name-to-address
translation-calls function correctly.
If they fail, the network configuration databases may be corrupt.
-Since
-.Tn RPC
-services cannot function correctly in this situation,
+Since RPC services cannot function correctly in this situation,
.Nm
reports the condition and terminates.
.Pp
@@ -83,7 +67,7 @@ Bind to AF_INET6 (IPv6) addresses only.
.It Fl a
When debugging
.Pq Fl d ,
-do an abort on errors.
+abort on errors.
.It Fl d
Run in debug mode.
In this mode,
