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+.\" @(#)rpc.4 1.17 93/08/30 SMI; from SVr4
+.\" Copyright 1989 AT&T
+.Dd December 10, 1991
+.Dt RPC 5
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm rpc
+.Nd rpc program number data base
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Pa /etc/rpc
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+file contains user readable names that
+can be used in place of RPC program numbers.
+For each RPC program a single line should be present
+with the following information:
+.Pp
+.Bl -enum -compact
+.It
+name of the RPC program
+.It
+RPC program number
+.It
+aliases
+.El
+.Pp
+Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or
+tab characters.
+A hash
+.Pq Dq Li #
+indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of
+the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Below is an example of an RPC database:
+.Bd -literal
+#
+# rpc
+#
+rpcbind 100000 portmap sunrpc portmapper
+rusersd 100002 rusers
+nfs 100003 nfsprog
+mountd 100005 mount showmount
+walld 100008 rwall shutdown
+sprayd 100012 spray
+llockmgr 100020
+nlockmgr 100021
+status 100024
+bootparam 100026
+keyserv 100029 keyserver
+.Ed
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/nsswitch.conf -compact
+.It Pa /etc/nsswitch.conf
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr getrpcent 3