source: basicnet/netprogs/portmap.xml@ bca6dfb6

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY portmap-download-http " ">
  <!ENTITY portmap-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.porcupine.org/pub/security/portmap_&portmap-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY portmap-md5sum        "781e16ed4487c4caa082c6fef09ead4f">
  <!ENTITY portmap-size          "18 KB">
  <!ENTITY portmap-buildsize     "268 KB">
  <!ENTITY portmap-time          "0.01 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="portmap" xreflabel="portmap-&portmap-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="portmap.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
    <keywordset>
      <keyword role="package">portmap_&portmap-version;.tar</keyword>
      <keyword role="ftpdir">portmap</keyword>
    </keywordset>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Portmap-&portmap-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="portmap">
    <primary sortas="a-Portmap">Portmap</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Portmap</title>

    <para>The <application>portmap</application> package is a more secure
    replacement for the original SUN <application>portmap</application> package.
    <application>Portmap</application> is used to forward RPC requests to RPC
    daemons such as NFS and NIS.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&portmap-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&portmap-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &portmap-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &portmap-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &portmap-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &portmap-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>Required Patch: <ulink
        url="&patch-root;/portmap-&portmap-version;-compilation_fixes-3.patch"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Required Patch: <ulink
        url="&patch-root;/portmap-&portmap-version;-glibc_errno_fix-1.patch"/></para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Portmap Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="tcpwrappers"/></para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/portmap"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Portmap</title>

    <para>Install <application>portmap</application> with the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../portmap-&portmap-version;-compilation_fixes-3.patch &amp;&amp;
patch -Np1 -i ../portmap-&portmap-version;-glibc_errno_fix-1.patch &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <note>
      <para>The above installation places executable <command>portmap</command>
      in <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. You may choose to move the
      file to <filename class="directory">/usr/sbin</filename>. If you do, remember to
      modify the bootscript also.</para>
    </note>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Portmap</title>

    <sect3  id="portmap-init">
      <title>Boot Script</title>

      <para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/portmap</filename> init script
      included in the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>

      <indexterm zone="portmap portmap-init">
        <primary sortas="f-portmap">portmap</primary>
      </indexterm>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install-portmap</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>pmap_dump, pmap_set, and portmap</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="pmap_dump">
        <term><command>pmap_dump</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>saves the port mapping table to an ASCII file.</para>
          <indexterm zone="portmap pmap_dump">
            <primary sortas="b-pmap_dump">pmap_dump</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="pmap_set">
        <term><command>pmap_set</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>restores the port mapping table from an ASCII file.</para>
          <indexterm zone="portmap pmap_set">
            <primary sortas="b-pmap_set">pmap_set</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="portmap-prog">
        <term><command>portmap</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is an RPC port mapper.</para>
          <indexterm zone="portmap portmap-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-portmap">portmap</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>