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+'\" t
+.\" This page was taken from the 4.4BSD-Lite CDROM (BSD license)
+.\"
+.\" %%%LICENSE_START(BSD_ONELINE_CDROM)
+.\" This page was taken from the 4.4BSD-Lite CDROM (BSD license)
+.\" %%%LICENSE_END
+.\"
+.\" @(#)rpc.3n 2.4 88/08/08 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.19 88/06/24 SMI
+.\"
+.\" 2007-12-30, mtk, Convert function prototypes to modern C syntax
+.\"
+.TH rpc 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)"
+.SH NAME
+rpc \- library routines for remote procedure calls
+.SH LIBRARY
+Standard C library
+.RI ( libc ", " \-lc )
+.SH SYNOPSIS AND DESCRIPTION
+These routines allow C programs to make procedure
+calls on other machines across the network.
+First, the client calls a procedure to send a data packet to the server.
+Upon receipt of the packet, the server calls a dispatch routine
+to perform the requested service, and then sends back a reply.
+Finally, the procedure call returns to the client.
+.\" .P
+.\" We don't have an rpc_secure.3 page at the moment -- MTK, 19 Sep 05
+.\" Routines that are used for Secure RPC (DES authentication) are described in
+.\" .BR rpc_secure (3).
+.\" Secure RPC can be used only if DES encryption is available.
+.P
+To take use of these routines, include the header file
+.IR "<rpc/rpc.h>" .
+.P
+The prototypes below make use of the following types:
+.P
+.RS 4
+.EX
+.BI "typedef int " bool_t ;
+.P
+.BI "typedef bool_t (*" xdrproc_t ")(XDR *, void *, ...);"
+.P
+.BI "typedef bool_t (*" resultproc_t ")(caddr_t " resp ,
+.BI " struct sockaddr_in *" raddr );
+.EE
+.RE
+.P
+See the header files for the declarations of the
+.IR AUTH ,
+.IR CLIENT ,
+.IR SVCXPRT ,
+and
+.I XDR
+types.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void auth_destroy(AUTH *" auth );
+.fi
+.IP
+A macro that destroys the authentication information associated with
+.IR auth .
+Destruction usually involves deallocation of private data structures.
+The use of
+.I auth
+is undefined after calling
+.BR auth_destroy ().
+.P
+.nf
+.B AUTH *authnone_create(void);
+.fi
+.IP
+Create and return an RPC
+authentication handle that passes nonusable authentication
+information with each remote procedure call.
+This is the default authentication used by RPC.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "AUTH *authunix_create(char *" host ", uid_t " uid ", gid_t " gid ,
+.BI " int " len ", gid_t " aup_gids [. len ]);
+.fi
+.IP
+Create and return an RPC authentication handle that contains
+authentication information.
+The parameter
+.I host
+is the name of the machine on which the information was created;
+.I uid
+is the user's user ID;
+.I gid
+is the user's current group ID;
+.I len
+and
+.I aup_gids
+refer to a counted array of groups to which the user belongs.
+It is easy to impersonate a user.
+.P
+.nf
+.B AUTH *authunix_create_default(void);
+.fi
+.IP
+Calls
+.BR authunix_create ()
+with the appropriate parameters.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "int callrpc(char *" host ", unsigned long " prognum ,
+.BI " unsigned long " versnum ", unsigned long " procnum ,
+.BI " xdrproc_t " inproc ", const char *" in ,
+.BI " xdrproc_t " outproc ", char *" out );
+.fi
+.IP
+Call the remote procedure associated with
+.IR prognum ,
+.IR versnum ,
+and
+.I procnum
+on the machine,
+.IR host .
+The parameter
+.I in
+is the address of the procedure's argument(s), and
+.I out
+is the address of where to place the result(s);
+.I inproc
+is used to encode the procedure's parameters, and
+.I outproc
+is used to decode the procedure's results.
+This routine returns zero if it succeeds, or the value of
+.B "enum clnt_stat"
+cast to an integer if it fails.
+The routine
+.BR clnt_perrno ()
+is handy for translating failure statuses into messages.
+.IP
+Warning: calling remote procedures with this routine
+uses UDP/IP as a transport; see
+.BR clntudp_create ()
+for restrictions.
+You do not have control of timeouts or authentication using this routine.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "enum clnt_stat clnt_broadcast(unsigned long " prognum ,
+.BI " unsigned long " versnum ", unsigned long " procnum ,
+.BI " xdrproc_t " inproc ", char *" in ,
+.BI " xdrproc_t " outproc ", char *" out ,
+.BI " resultproc_t " eachresult );
+.fi
+.IP
+Like
+.BR callrpc (),
+except the call message is broadcast to all locally
+connected broadcast nets.
+Each time it receives a response, this routine calls
+.BR eachresult (),
+whose form is:
+.IP
+.in +4n
+.EX
+.BI "eachresult(char *" out ", struct sockaddr_in *" addr );
+.EE
+.in
+.IP
+where
+.I out
+is the same as
+.I out
+passed to
+.BR clnt_broadcast (),
+except that the remote procedure's output is decoded there;
+.I addr
+points to the address of the machine that sent the results.
+If
+.BR eachresult ()
+returns zero,
+.BR clnt_broadcast ()
+waits for more replies; otherwise it returns with appropriate status.
+.IP
+Warning: broadcast sockets are limited in size to the
+maximum transfer unit of the data link.
+For ethernet, this value is 1500 bytes.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "enum clnt_stat clnt_call(CLIENT *" clnt ", unsigned long " procnum ,
+.BI " xdrproc_t " inproc ", char *" in ,
+.BI " xdrproc_t " outproc ", char *" out ,
+.BI " struct timeval " tout );
+.fi
+.IP
+A macro that calls the remote procedure
+.I procnum
+associated with the client handle,
+.IR clnt ,
+which is obtained with an RPC client creation routine such as
+.BR clnt_create ().
+The parameter
+.I in
+is the address of the procedure's argument(s), and
+.I out
+is the address of where to place the result(s);
+.I inproc
+is used to encode the procedure's parameters, and
+.I outproc
+is used to decode the procedure's results;
+.I tout
+is the time allowed for results to come back.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "clnt_destroy(CLIENT *" clnt );
+.fi
+.IP
+A macro that destroys the client's RPC handle.
+Destruction usually involves deallocation
+of private data structures, including
+.I clnt
+itself.
+Use of
+.I clnt
+is undefined after calling
+.BR clnt_destroy ().
+If the RPC library opened the associated socket, it will close it also.
+Otherwise, the socket remains open.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "CLIENT *clnt_create(const char *" host ", unsigned long " prog ,
+.BI " unsigned long " vers ", const char *" proto );
+.fi
+.IP
+Generic client creation routine.
+.I host
+identifies the name of the remote host where the server is located.
+.I proto
+indicates which kind of transport protocol to use.
+The currently supported values for this field are \[lq]udp\[rq]
+and \[lq]tcp\[rq].
+Default timeouts are set, but can be modified using
+.BR clnt_control ().
+.IP
+Warning: using UDP has its shortcomings.
+Since UDP-based RPC messages can hold only up to 8 Kbytes of encoded data,
+this transport cannot be used for procedures that take
+large arguments or return huge results.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "bool_t clnt_control(CLIENT *" cl ", int " req ", char *" info );
+.fi
+.IP
+A macro used to change or retrieve various information
+about a client object.
+.I req
+indicates the type of operation, and
+.I info
+is a pointer to the information.
+For both UDP and TCP, the supported values of
+.I req
+and their argument types and what they do are:
+.IP
+.in +4n
+.EX
+\fBCLSET_TIMEOUT\fP \fIstruct timeval\fP // set total timeout
+\fBCLGET_TIMEOUT\fP \fIstruct timeval\fP // get total timeout
+.EE
+.in
+.IP
+Note: if you set the timeout using
+.BR clnt_control (),
+the timeout parameter passed to
+.BR clnt_call ()
+will be ignored in all future calls.
+.IP
+.in +4n
+.EX
+\fBCLGET_SERVER_ADDR\fP \fIstruct sockaddr_in\fP
+ // get server\[aq]s address
+.EE
+.in
+.IP
+The following operations are valid for UDP only:
+.IP
+.in +4n
+.EX
+\fBCLSET_RETRY_TIMEOUT\fP \fIstruct timeval\fP // set the retry timeout
+\fBCLGET_RETRY_TIMEOUT\fP \fIstruct timeval\fP // get the retry timeout
+.EE
+.in
+.IP
+The retry timeout is the time that "UDP RPC"
+waits for the server to reply before
+retransmitting the request.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "clnt_freeres(CLIENT * " clnt ", xdrproc_t " outproc ", char *" out );
+.fi
+.IP
+A macro that frees any data allocated by the RPC/XDR
+system when it decoded the results of an RPC call.
+The parameter
+.I out
+is the address of the results, and
+.I outproc
+is the XDR routine describing the results.
+This routine returns one if the results were successfully freed,
+and zero otherwise.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void clnt_geterr(CLIENT *" clnt ", struct rpc_err *" errp );
+.fi
+.IP
+A macro that copies the error structure out of the client
+handle to the structure at address
+.IR errp .
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void clnt_pcreateerror(const char *" s );
+.fi
+.IP
+Print a message to standard error indicating why a client RPC
+handle could not be created.
+The message is prepended with string
+.I s
+and a colon.
+Used when a
+.BR clnt_create (),
+.BR clntraw_create (),
+.BR clnttcp_create (),
+or
+.BR clntudp_create ()
+call fails.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void clnt_perrno(enum clnt_stat " stat );
+.fi
+.IP
+Print a message to standard error corresponding
+to the condition indicated by
+.IR stat .
+Used after
+.BR callrpc ().
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "clnt_perror(CLIENT *" clnt ", const char *" s );
+.fi
+.IP
+Print a message to standard error indicating why an RPC call failed;
+.I clnt
+is the handle used to do the call.
+The message is prepended with string
+.I s
+and a colon.
+Used after
+.BR clnt_call ().
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "char *clnt_spcreateerror(const char *" s );
+.fi
+.IP
+Like
+.BR clnt_pcreateerror (),
+except that it returns a string instead of printing to the standard error.
+.IP
+Bugs: returns pointer to static data that is overwritten on each call.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "char *clnt_sperrno(enum clnt_stat " stat );
+.fi
+.IP
+Take the same arguments as
+.BR clnt_perrno (),
+but instead of sending a message to the standard error indicating why an RPC
+call failed, return a pointer to a string which contains the message.
+The string ends with a NEWLINE.
+.IP
+.BR clnt_sperrno ()
+is used instead of
+.BR clnt_perrno ()
+if the program does not have a standard error (as a program
+running as a server quite likely does not), or if the programmer
+does not want the message to be output with
+.BR printf (3),
+or if a message format different than that supported by
+.BR clnt_perrno ()
+is to be used.
+Note: unlike
+.BR clnt_sperror ()
+and
+.BR clnt_spcreateerror (),
+.BR clnt_sperrno ()
+returns pointer to static data, but the
+result will not get overwritten on each call.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "char *clnt_sperror(CLIENT *" rpch ", const char *" s );
+.fi
+.IP
+Like
+.BR clnt_perror (),
+except that (like
+.BR clnt_sperrno ())
+it returns a string instead of printing to standard error.
+.IP
+Bugs: returns pointer to static data that is overwritten on each call.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "CLIENT *clntraw_create(unsigned long " prognum \
+", unsigned long " versnum );
+.fi
+.IP
+This routine creates a toy RPC client for the remote program
+.IR prognum ,
+version
+.IR versnum .
+The transport used to pass messages to the service is
+actually a buffer within the process's address space, so the
+corresponding RPC server should live in the same address space; see
+.BR svcraw_create ().
+This allows simulation of RPC and acquisition of RPC
+overheads, such as round trip times, without any kernel interference.
+This routine returns NULL if it fails.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "CLIENT *clnttcp_create(struct sockaddr_in *" addr ,
+.BI " unsigned long " prognum ", unsigned long " versnum ,
+.BI " int *" sockp ", unsigned int " sendsz \
+", unsigned int " recvsz );
+.fi
+.IP
+This routine creates an RPC client for the remote program
+.IR prognum ,
+version
+.IR versnum ;
+the client uses TCP/IP as a transport.
+The remote program is located at Internet address
+.IR *addr .
+If
+.\"The following inline font conversion is necessary for the hyphen indicator
+.I addr\->sin_port
+is zero, then it is set to the actual port that the remote
+program is listening on (the remote
+.B portmap
+service is consulted for this information).
+The parameter
+.I sockp
+is a socket; if it is
+.BR RPC_ANYSOCK ,
+then this routine opens a new one and sets
+.IR sockp .
+Since TCP-based RPC uses buffered I/O,
+the user may specify the size of the send and receive buffers
+with the parameters
+.I sendsz
+and
+.IR recvsz ;
+values of zero choose suitable defaults.
+This routine returns NULL if it fails.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "CLIENT *clntudp_create(struct sockaddr_in *" addr ,
+.BI " unsigned long " prognum ", unsigned long " versnum ,
+.BI " struct timeval " wait ", int *" sockp );
+.fi
+.IP
+This routine creates an RPC client for the remote program
+.IR prognum ,
+version
+.IR versnum ;
+the client uses use UDP/IP as a transport.
+The remote program is located at Internet address
+.IR addr .
+If
+.I addr\->sin_port
+is zero, then it is set to actual port that the remote
+program is listening on (the remote
+.B portmap
+service is consulted for this information).
+The parameter
+.I sockp
+is a socket; if it is
+.BR RPC_ANYSOCK ,
+then this routine opens a new one and sets
+.IR sockp .
+The UDP transport resends the call message in intervals of
+.I wait
+time until a response is received or until the call times out.
+The total time for the call to time out is specified by
+.BR clnt_call ().
+.IP
+Warning: since UDP-based RPC messages can hold only up to 8 Kbytes
+of encoded data, this transport cannot be used for procedures
+that take large arguments or return huge results.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "CLIENT *clntudp_bufcreate(struct sockaddr_in *" addr ,
+.BI " unsigned long " prognum ", unsigned long " versnum ,
+.BI " struct timeval " wait ", int *" sockp ,
+.BI " unsigned int " sendsize ", unsigned int "recosize );
+.fi
+.IP
+This routine creates an RPC client for the remote program
+.IR prognum ,
+on
+.IR versnum ;
+the client uses use UDP/IP as a transport.
+The remote program is located at Internet address
+.IR addr .
+If
+.I addr\->sin_port
+is zero, then it is set to actual port that the remote
+program is listening on (the remote
+.B portmap
+service is consulted for this information).
+The parameter
+.I sockp
+is a socket; if it is
+.BR RPC_ANYSOCK ,
+then this routine opens a new one and sets
+.IR sockp .
+The UDP transport resends the call message in intervals of
+.I wait
+time until a response is received or until the call times out.
+The total time for the call to time out is specified by
+.BR clnt_call ().
+.IP
+This allows the user to specify the maximum packet
+size for sending and receiving UDP-based RPC messages.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void get_myaddress(struct sockaddr_in *" addr );
+.fi
+.IP
+Stuff the machine's IP address into
+.IR *addr ,
+without consulting the library routines that deal with
+.IR /etc/hosts .
+The port number is always set to
+.BR htons(PMAPPORT) .
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "struct pmaplist *pmap_getmaps(struct sockaddr_in *" addr );
+.fi
+.IP
+A user interface to the
+.B portmap
+service, which returns a list of the current RPC
+program-to-port mappings on the host located at IP address
+.IR *addr .
+This routine can return NULL.
+The command
+.I rpcinfo\~\-p
+uses this routine.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "unsigned short pmap_getport(struct sockaddr_in *" addr ,
+.BI " unsigned long " prognum ", unsigned long " versnum ,
+.BI " unsigned int " protocol );
+.fi
+.IP
+A user interface to the
+.B portmap
+service, which returns the port number
+on which waits a service that supports program number
+.IR prognum ,
+version
+.IR versnum ,
+and speaks the transport protocol associated with
+.IR protocol .
+The value of
+.I protocol
+is most likely
+.B IPPROTO_UDP
+or
+.BR IPPROTO_TCP .
+A return value of zero means that the mapping does not exist
+or that the RPC system failed to contact the remote
+.B portmap
+service.
+In the latter case, the global variable
+.I rpc_createerr
+contains the RPC status.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "enum clnt_stat pmap_rmtcall(struct sockaddr_in *" addr ,
+.BI " unsigned long " prognum ", unsigned long " versnum ,
+.BI " unsigned long " procnum ,
+.BI " xdrproc_t " inproc ", char *" in ,
+.BI " xdrproc_t " outproc ", char *" out ,
+.BI " struct timeval " tout ", unsigned long *" portp );
+.fi
+.IP
+A user interface to the
+.B portmap
+service, which instructs
+.B portmap
+on the host at IP address
+.I *addr
+to make an RPC call on your behalf to a procedure on that host.
+The parameter
+.I *portp
+will be modified to the program's port number if the procedure succeeds.
+The definitions of other parameters are discussed
+in
+.BR callrpc ()
+and
+.BR clnt_call ().
+This procedure should be used for a \[lq]ping\[rq] and nothing else.
+See also
+.BR clnt_broadcast ().
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "bool_t pmap_set(unsigned long " prognum ", unsigned long " versnum ,
+.BI " int " protocol ", unsigned short " port );
+.fi
+.IP
+A user interface to the
+.B portmap
+service, which establishes a mapping between the triple
+.RI [ prognum , versnum , protocol ]
+and
+.I port
+on the machine's
+.B portmap
+service.
+The value of
+.I protocol
+is most likely
+.B IPPROTO_UDP
+or
+.BR IPPROTO_TCP .
+This routine returns one if it succeeds, zero otherwise.
+Automatically done by
+.BR svc_register ().
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "bool_t pmap_unset(unsigned long " prognum ", unsigned long " versnum );
+.fi
+.IP
+A user interface to the
+.B portmap
+service, which destroys all mapping between the triple
+.RI [ prognum , versnum , * ]
+and
+.B ports
+on the machine's
+.B portmap
+service.
+This routine returns one if it succeeds, zero otherwise.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "int registerrpc(unsigned long " prognum ", unsigned long " versnum ,
+.BI " unsigned long " procnum ", char *(*" procname ")(char *),"
+.BI " xdrproc_t " inproc ", xdrproc_t " outproc );
+.fi
+.IP
+Register procedure
+.I procname
+with the RPC service package.
+If a request arrives for program
+.IR prognum ,
+version
+.IR versnum ,
+and procedure
+.IR procnum ,
+.I procname
+is called with a pointer to its parameter(s);
+.I procname
+should return a pointer to its static result(s);
+.I inproc
+is used to decode the parameters while
+.I outproc
+is used to encode the results.
+This routine returns zero if the registration succeeded, \-1 otherwise.
+.IP
+Warning: remote procedures registered in this form
+are accessed using the UDP/IP transport; see
+.BR svcudp_create ()
+for restrictions.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "struct rpc_createerr " rpc_createerr ;
+.fi
+.IP
+A global variable whose value is set by any RPC client creation routine
+that does not succeed.
+Use the routine
+.BR clnt_pcreateerror ()
+to print the reason why.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void svc_destroy(SVCXPRT *" xprt );
+.fi
+.IP
+A macro that destroys the RPC service transport handle,
+.IR xprt .
+Destruction usually involves deallocation
+of private data structures, including
+.I xprt
+itself.
+Use of
+.I xprt
+is undefined after calling this routine.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "fd_set " svc_fdset ;
+.fi
+.IP
+A global variable reflecting the RPC service side's
+read file descriptor bit mask; it is suitable as a parameter to the
+.BR select (2)
+system call.
+This is of interest only if a service implementor does their own
+asynchronous event processing, instead of calling
+.BR svc_run ().
+This variable is read-only (do not pass its address to
+.BR select (2)!),
+yet it may change after calls to
+.BR svc_getreqset ()
+or any creation routines.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "int " svc_fds ;
+.fi
+.IP
+Similar to
+.BR svc_fdset ,
+but limited to 32 file descriptors.
+This interface is obsoleted by
+.BR svc_fdset .
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "svc_freeargs(SVCXPRT *" xprt ", xdrproc_t " inproc ", char *" in );
+.fi
+.IP
+A macro that frees any data allocated by the RPC/XDR
+system when it decoded the arguments to a service procedure using
+.BR svc_getargs ().
+This routine returns 1 if the results were successfully freed,
+and zero otherwise.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "svc_getargs(SVCXPRT *" xprt ", xdrproc_t " inproc ", char *" in );
+.fi
+.IP
+A macro that decodes the arguments of an RPC request
+associated with the RPC service transport handle,
+.IR xprt .
+The parameter
+.I in
+is the address where the arguments will be placed;
+.I inproc
+is the XDR routine used to decode the arguments.
+This routine returns one if decoding succeeds, and zero otherwise.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "struct sockaddr_in *svc_getcaller(SVCXPRT *" xprt );
+.fi
+.IP
+The approved way of getting the network address of the caller
+of a procedure associated with the RPC service transport handle,
+.IR xprt .
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void svc_getreqset(fd_set *" rdfds );
+.fi
+.IP
+This routine is of interest only if a service implementor does not call
+.BR svc_run (),
+but instead implements custom asynchronous event processing.
+It is called when the
+.BR select (2)
+system call has determined that an RPC request has arrived on some
+RPC socket(s);
+.I rdfds
+is the resultant read file descriptor bit mask.
+The routine returns when all sockets associated with the value of
+.I rdfds
+have been serviced.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void svc_getreq(int " rdfds );
+.fi
+.IP
+Similar to
+.BR svc_getreqset (),
+but limited to 32 file descriptors.
+This interface is obsoleted by
+.BR svc_getreqset ().
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "bool_t svc_register(SVCXPRT *" xprt ", unsigned long " prognum ,
+.BI " unsigned long " versnum ,
+.BI " void (*" dispatch ")(struct svc_req *, SVCXPRT *),"
+.BI " unsigned long " protocol );
+.fi
+.IP
+Associates
+.I prognum
+and
+.I versnum
+with the service dispatch procedure,
+.IR dispatch .
+If
+.I protocol
+is zero, the service is not registered with the
+.B portmap
+service.
+If
+.I protocol
+is nonzero, then a mapping of the triple
+.RI [ prognum , versnum , protocol ]
+to
+.I xprt\->xp_port
+is established with the local
+.B portmap
+service (generally
+.I protocol
+is zero,
+.B IPPROTO_UDP
+or
+.BR IPPROTO_TCP ).
+The procedure
+.I dispatch
+has the following form:
+.IP
+.in +4n
+.EX
+dispatch(struct svc_req *request, SVCXPRT *xprt);
+.EE
+.in
+.IP
+The
+.BR svc_register ()
+routine returns one if it succeeds, and zero otherwise.
+.P
+.nf
+.B "void svc_run(void);"
+.fi
+.IP
+This routine never returns.
+It waits for RPC requests to arrive, and calls the appropriate service
+procedure using
+.BR svc_getreq ()
+when one arrives.
+This procedure is usually waiting for a
+.BR select (2)
+system call to return.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "bool_t svc_sendreply(SVCXPRT *" xprt ", xdrproc_t " outproc \
+", char *" out );
+.fi
+.IP
+Called by an RPC service's dispatch routine to send the results of a
+remote procedure call.
+The parameter
+.I xprt
+is the request's associated transport handle;
+.I outproc
+is the XDR routine which is used to encode the results; and
+.I out
+is the address of the results.
+This routine returns one if it succeeds, zero otherwise.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void svc_unregister(unsigned long " prognum ", unsigned long " versnum );
+.fi
+.IP
+Remove all mapping of the double
+.RI [ prognum , versnum ]
+to dispatch routines, and of the triple
+.RI [ prognum , versnum , * ]
+to port number.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void svcerr_auth(SVCXPRT *" xprt ", enum auth_stat " why );
+.fi
+.IP
+Called by a service dispatch routine that refuses to perform
+a remote procedure call due to an authentication error.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void svcerr_decode(SVCXPRT *" xprt );
+.fi
+.IP
+Called by a service dispatch routine that cannot successfully
+decode its parameters.
+See also
+.BR svc_getargs ().
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void svcerr_noproc(SVCXPRT *" xprt );
+.fi
+.IP
+Called by a service dispatch routine that does not implement
+the procedure number that the caller requests.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void svcerr_noprog(SVCXPRT *" xprt );
+.fi
+.IP
+Called when the desired program is not registered with the RPC package.
+Service implementors usually do not need this routine.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void svcerr_progvers(SVCXPRT *" xprt ", unsigned long " low_vers ,
+.BI " unsigned long " high_vers );
+.fi
+.IP
+Called when the desired version of a program is not registered
+with the RPC package.
+Service implementors usually do not need this routine.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void svcerr_systemerr(SVCXPRT *" xprt );
+.fi
+.IP
+Called by a service dispatch routine when it detects a system
+error not covered by any particular protocol.
+For example, if a service can no longer allocate storage,
+it may call this routine.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void svcerr_weakauth(SVCXPRT *" xprt );
+.fi
+.IP
+Called by a service dispatch routine that refuses to perform
+a remote procedure call due to insufficient authentication parameters.
+The routine calls
+.BR "svcerr_auth(xprt, AUTH_TOOWEAK)" .
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "SVCXPRT *svcfd_create(int " fd ", unsigned int " sendsize ,
+.BI " unsigned int " recvsize );
+.fi
+.IP
+Create a service on top of any open file descriptor.
+Typically, this file descriptor is a connected socket for a stream protocol such
+as TCP.
+.I sendsize
+and
+.I recvsize
+indicate sizes for the send and receive buffers.
+If they are zero, a reasonable default is chosen.
+.P
+.nf
+.B SVCXPRT *svcraw_create(void);
+.fi
+.IP
+This routine creates a toy RPC
+service transport, to which it returns a pointer.
+The transport is really a buffer within the process's address space,
+so the corresponding RPC client should live in the same address space; see
+.BR clntraw_create ().
+This routine allows simulation of RPC and acquisition of RPC
+overheads (such as round trip times), without any kernel interference.
+This routine returns NULL if it fails.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "SVCXPRT *svctcp_create(int " sock ", unsigned int " send_buf_size ,
+.BI " unsigned int " recv_buf_size );
+.fi
+.IP
+This routine creates a TCP/IP-based RPC
+service transport, to which it returns a pointer.
+The transport is associated with the socket
+.IR sock ,
+which may be
+.BR RPC_ANYSOCK ,
+in which case a new socket is created.
+If the socket is not bound to a local TCP
+port, then this routine binds it to an arbitrary port.
+Upon completion,
+.I xprt\->xp_sock
+is the transport's socket descriptor, and
+.I xprt\->xp_port
+is the transport's port number.
+This routine returns NULL if it fails.
+Since TCP-based RPC uses buffered I/O,
+users may specify the size of buffers; values of zero
+choose suitable defaults.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "SVCXPRT *svcudp_bufcreate(int " sock ", unsigned int " sendsize ,
+.BI " unsigned int " recosize );
+.fi
+.IP
+This routine creates a UDP/IP-based RPC
+service transport, to which it returns a pointer.
+The transport is associated with the socket
+.IR sock ,
+which may be
+.BR RPC_ANYSOCK ,
+in which case a new socket is created.
+If the socket is not bound to a local UDP
+port, then this routine binds it to an arbitrary port.
+Upon completion,
+.I xprt\->xp_sock
+is the transport's socket descriptor, and
+.I xprt\->xp_port
+is the transport's port number.
+This routine returns NULL if it fails.
+.IP
+This allows the user to specify the maximum packet size for sending and
+receiving UDP-based RPC messages.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "SVCXPRT *svcudp_create(int " sock );
+.fi
+.IP
+This call is equivalent to
+.I svcudp_bufcreate(sock,SZ,SZ)
+for some default size
+.IR SZ .
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "bool_t xdr_accepted_reply(XDR *" xdrs ", struct accepted_reply *" ar );
+.fi
+.IP
+Used for encoding RPC reply messages.
+This routine is useful for users who wish to generate
+RPC-style messages without using the RPC package.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "bool_t xdr_authunix_parms(XDR *" xdrs ", struct authunix_parms *" aupp );
+.fi
+.IP
+Used for describing UNIX credentials.
+This routine is useful for users
+who wish to generate these credentials without using the RPC
+authentication package.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void xdr_callhdr(XDR *" xdrs ", struct rpc_msg *" chdr );
+.fi
+.IP
+Used for describing RPC call header messages.
+This routine is useful for users who wish to generate
+RPC-style messages without using the RPC package.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "bool_t xdr_callmsg(XDR *" xdrs ", struct rpc_msg *" cmsg );
+.fi
+.IP
+Used for describing RPC call messages.
+This routine is useful for users who wish to generate RPC-style
+messages without using the RPC package.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "bool_t xdr_opaque_auth(XDR *" xdrs ", struct opaque_auth *" ap );
+.fi
+.IP
+Used for describing RPC authentication information messages.
+This routine is useful for users who wish to generate
+RPC-style messages without using the RPC package.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "bool_t xdr_pmap(XDR *" xdrs ", struct pmap *" regs );
+.fi
+.IP
+Used for describing parameters to various
+.B portmap
+procedures, externally.
+This routine is useful for users who wish to generate
+these parameters without using the
+.B pmap
+interface.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "bool_t xdr_pmaplist(XDR *" xdrs ", struct pmaplist **" rp );
+.fi
+.IP
+Used for describing a list of port mappings, externally.
+This routine is useful for users who wish to generate
+these parameters without using the
+.B pmap
+interface.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "bool_t xdr_rejected_reply(XDR *" xdrs ", struct rejected_reply *" rr );
+.fi
+.IP
+Used for describing RPC reply messages.
+This routine is useful for users who wish to generate
+RPC-style messages without using the RPC package.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "bool_t xdr_replymsg(XDR *" xdrs ", struct rpc_msg *" rmsg );
+.fi
+.IP
+Used for describing RPC reply messages.
+This routine is useful for users who wish to generate
+RPC style messages without using the RPC package.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void xprt_register(SVCXPRT *" xprt );
+.fi
+.IP
+After RPC service transport handles are created,
+they should register themselves with the RPC service package.
+This routine modifies the global variable
+.IR svc_fds .
+Service implementors usually do not need this routine.
+.P
+.nf
+.BI "void xprt_unregister(SVCXPRT *" xprt );
+.fi
+.IP
+Before an RPC service transport handle is destroyed,
+it should unregister itself with the RPC service package.
+This routine modifies the global variable
+.IR svc_fds .
+Service implementors usually do not need this routine.
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbx lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface Attribute Value
+T{
+.na
+.nh
+.BR auth_destroy (),
+.BR authnone_create (),
+.BR authunix_create (),
+.BR authunix_create_default (),
+.BR callrpc (),
+.BR clnt_broadcast (),
+.BR clnt_call (),
+.BR clnt_destroy (),
+.BR clnt_create (),
+.BR clnt_control (),
+.BR clnt_freeres (),
+.BR clnt_geterr (),
+.BR clnt_pcreateerror (),
+.BR clnt_perrno (),
+.BR clnt_perror (),
+.BR clnt_spcreateerror (),
+.BR clnt_sperrno (),
+.BR clnt_sperror (),
+.BR clntraw_create (),
+.BR clnttcp_create (),
+.BR clntudp_create (),
+.BR clntudp_bufcreate (),
+.BR get_myaddress (),
+.BR pmap_getmaps (),
+.BR pmap_getport (),
+.BR pmap_rmtcall (),
+.BR pmap_set (),
+.BR pmap_unset (),
+.BR registerrpc (),
+.BR svc_destroy (),
+.BR svc_freeargs (),
+.BR svc_getargs (),
+.BR svc_getcaller (),
+.BR svc_getreqset (),
+.BR svc_getreq (),
+.BR svc_register (),
+.BR svc_run (),
+.BR svc_sendreply (),
+.BR svc_unregister (),
+.BR svcerr_auth (),
+.BR svcerr_decode (),
+.BR svcerr_noproc (),
+.BR svcerr_noprog (),
+.BR svcerr_progvers (),
+.BR svcerr_systemerr (),
+.BR svcerr_weakauth (),
+.BR svcfd_create (),
+.BR svcraw_create (),
+.BR svctcp_create (),
+.BR svcudp_bufcreate (),
+.BR svcudp_create (),
+.BR xdr_accepted_reply (),
+.BR xdr_authunix_parms (),
+.BR xdr_callhdr (),
+.BR xdr_callmsg (),
+.BR xdr_opaque_auth (),
+.BR xdr_pmap (),
+.BR xdr_pmaplist (),
+.BR xdr_rejected_reply (),
+.BR xdr_replymsg (),
+.BR xprt_register (),
+.BR xprt_unregister ()
+T} Thread safety MT-Safe
+.TE
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.\" We don't have an rpc_secure.3 page in the set at the moment -- MTK, 19 Sep 05
+.\" .BR rpc_secure (3),
+.BR xdr (3)
+.P
+The following manuals:
+.RS
+Remote Procedure Calls: Protocol Specification
+.br
+Remote Procedure Call Programming Guide
+.br
+rpcgen Programming Guide
+.br
+.RE
+.P
+.IR "RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification" ,
+RFC\ 1050, Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
+USC-ISI.