RPCINFO(8)                                         BSD System Manager's Manual                                        RPCINFO(8)

NAME
     rpcinfo -- report RPC information

SYNOPSIS
     rpcinfo [-m | -s] [host]
     rpcinfo -p [host]
     rpcinfo -T transport host prognum [versnum]
     rpcinfo -l [-T transport] host prognum [versnum]
     rpcinfo [-n portnum] -u host prognum [versnum]
     rpcinfo [-n portnum] [-t] host prognum [versnum]
     rpcinfo -a serv_address -T transport prognum [versnum]
     rpcinfo -b [-T transport] prognum versnum
     rpcinfo -d [-T transport] prognum versnum

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

     In the first synopsis, rpcinfo lists all the registered RPC services with rpcbind on host.  If host is not specified, the
     local host is the default.  If -s is used, the information is displayed in a concise format.

     In the second synopsis, rpcinfo lists all the RPC services registered with rpcbind, version 2.  Also note that the format
     of the information is different in the first and the second synopsis.  This is because the second synopsis is an older pro-
     tocol used to collect the information displayed (version 2 of the rpcbind protocol).

     The third synopsis makes an RPC call to procedure 0 of prognum and versnum on the specified host and reports whether a
     response was received.  transport is the transport which has to be used for contacting the given service.  The remote
     address of the service is obtained by making a call to the remote rpcbind.

     The prognum argument is a number that represents an RPC program number.  If a versnum is specified, rpcinfo attempts to
     call that version of the specified prognum.  Otherwise, rpcinfo attempts to find all the registered version numbers for the
     specified prognum 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.

OPTIONS
     -T transport
             Specify the transport on which the service is required.  If this option is not specified, rpcinfo uses the trans-
             port specified in the NETPATH environment variable, or if that is unset or null, the transport in the netconfig(5)
             database is used.  This is a generic option, and can be used in conjunction with other options as shown in the SYN-
             OPSIS.

     -a serv_address
             Use serv_address as the (universal) address for the service on transport to ping procedure 0 of the specified
             prognum and report whether a response was received.  The -T option is required with the -a option.

             If versnum is not specified, rpcinfo tries to ping all available version numbers for that program number.  This
             option avoids calls to remote rpcbind to find the address of the service.  The serv_address is specified in univer-
             sal address format of the given transport.

     -b      Make an RPC broadcast to procedure 0 of the specified prognum and versnum and report all hosts that respond.  If
             transport is specified, it broadcasts its request only on the specified transport.  If broadcasting is not sup-
             ported by any transport, an error message is printed.  Use of broadcasting should be limited because of the poten-
             tial for adverse effect on other systems.

     -d      Delete registration for the RPC service of the specified prognum and versnum.  If transport is specified, unregis-
             ter the service on only that transport, otherwise unregister the service on all the transports on which it was reg-
             istered.  Only the owner of a service can delete a registration, except the super-user who can delete any service.

     -l      Display a list of entries with a given prognum and versnum on the specified host.  Entries are returned for all
             transports in the same protocol family as that used to contact the remote rpcbind.

     -m      Display a table of statistics of rpcbind operations on the given host.  The table shows statistics for each version
             of rpcbind (versions 2, 3 and 4), giving the number of times each procedure was requested and successfully ser-
             viced, the number and type of remote call requests that were made, and information about RPC address lookups that
             were handled. This is useful for monitoring RPC activities on host.

     -n portnum
             Use portnum as the port number for the -t and -u options instead of the port number given by rpcbind.  Use of this
             option avoids a call to the remote rpcbind to find out the address of the service. This option is made obsolete by
             the -a option.

     -p      Probe rpcbind on host using version 2 of the rpcbind protocol, and display a list of all registered RPC programs.
             If host is not specified, it defaults to the local host.  Note: Version 2 of the rpcbind protocol was previously
             known as the portmapper protocol.

     -s      Display a concise list of all registered RPC programs on host.  If host is not specified, it defaults to the local
             host.

     -t      Make an RPC call to procedure 0 of prognum on the specified host using TCP, and report whether a response was
             received. This option is made obsolete by the -T option as shown in the third synopsis.

     -u      Make an RPC call to procedure 0 of prognum on the specified host using UDP, and report whether a response was
             received. This option is made obsolete by the -T option as shown in the third synopsis.

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

             example% rpcinfo

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

             example% rpcinfo klaxon

     The information displayed by the above commands can be quite lengthy.  Use the -s option to display a more concise list:

             example$ rpcinfo -s klaxon

     program   version(s)                          netid(s)   service      owner
     100000    2,3,4     local,tcp,udp,tcp6,udp6   rpcbind    super-user
     100008    1         udp,tcp,udp6,tcp6         walld      super-user
     100002    2,1       udp,udp6                  rusersd    super-user
     100001    2,3,4     udp,udp6                  rstatd     super-user
     100012    1         udp,tcp                   sprayd     super-user
     100007    3         udp,tcp                   ypbind     super-user

     To show whether the RPC service with program number prognum and version versnum is registered on the machine named klaxon
     for the transport TCP use:

             example% rpcinfo -T tcp klaxon prognum versnum

     To show all RPC services registered with version 2 of the rpcbind protocol on the local machine use:

             example% rpcinfo -p

     To delete the registration for version 1 of the walld (program number 100008 ) service for all transports use:

             example# rpcinfo -d 100008 1

     or

             example# rpcinfo -d walld 1

SEE ALSO
     rpc(3), netconfig(5), rpc(5), rpcbind(8)

                                                         August 18, 1992