glfs/networking/netprogs/rpcbind.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
<!ENTITY rpcbind-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/rpcbind/rpcbind-&rpcbind-version;.tar.bz2">
<!ENTITY rpcbind-download-ftp " ">
<!ENTITY rpcbind-md5sum "2d84ebbb7d6fb1fc3566d2d4b37f214b">
<!ENTITY rpcbind-size "124 KB">
<!ENTITY rpcbind-buildsize "1.6 MB">
<!ENTITY rpcbind-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>
<sect1 id="rpcbind" xreflabel="rpcbind-&rpcbind-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="rpcbind.html"?>
<title>rpcbind-&rpcbind-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="rpcbind">
<primary sortas="a-rpcbind">rpcbind</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to rpcbind</title>
<para>
The <application>rpcbind</application> program is a replacement for
<application>portmap</application>. It is required for import or export
of Network File System (NFS) shared directories.
</para>
&lfs121_checked;
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>
Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&rpcbind-download-http;"/>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Download (FTP): <ulink url="&rpcbind-download-ftp;"/>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Download MD5 sum: &rpcbind-md5sum;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Download size: &rpcbind-size;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Estimated disk space required: &rpcbind-buildsize;
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Estimated build time: &rpcbind-time;
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>
Required patch:
<ulink url="&patch-root;/rpcbind-&rpcbind-version;-vulnerability_fixes-1.patch"/>
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">rpcbind Dependencies</bridgehead>
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
<para role="required">
<xref linkend="libtirpc"/>
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of rpcbind</title>
<para revision="systemd">
There should be a dedicated user and group to take control
of the <command>rpcbind</command> daemon after it is started.
Issue the following commands as the
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>groupadd -g 28 rpc &amp;&amp;
useradd -c "RPC Bind Daemon Owner" -d /dev/null -g rpc \
-s /bin/false -u 28 rpc</userinput></screen>
<!-- Packages should adapt to standards, not the other way around -->
<para>
In order to get <application>rpcbind</application> to work
properly, first fix the package to use correct service name:
</para>
<screen><userinput>sed -i "/servname/s:rpcbind:sunrpc:" src/rpcbind.c</userinput></screen>
<para>
Install <application>rpcbind</application> by running the following
commands:
</para>
<!-- Previously, there were switches for bindir= and sbindir= pointing to /sbin
However, with a DESTDIR= install after merged-/usr changes, I think we can
just run bindir=/usr/sbin to get rpcinfo in /usr/sbin, and leave sbindir=
alone. -renodr -->
<screen revision="sysv"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../rpcbind-&rpcbind-version;-vulnerability_fixes-1.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--bindir=/usr/sbin \
--with-rpcuser=root \
--enable-warmstarts \
--without-systemdsystemunitdir &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>
<screen revision="systemd"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../rpcbind-&rpcbind-version;-vulnerability_fixes-1.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--bindir=/usr/sbin \
--enable-warmstarts \
--with-rpcuser=rpc &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>
<para>
This package does not come with a test suite.
</para>
<para>
Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
</para>
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<para revision="sysv">
<command>--with-rpcuser=root</command>: This works
around an error in the configure script.
</para>
<para revision="sysv">
<command>--without-systemdsystemunitdir</command>:
This version of BLFS does not support systemd.
</para>
<para revision="systemd">
<parameter>--with-rpcuser=rpc</parameter>:
This switch is used so the <command>rpcbind</command> daemon will
run as an unprivileged user instead of the
<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="configuration">
<title>Configuring rpcbind</title>
<sect3 id="rpcbind-init">
<title><phrase revision="sysv">Boot Script</phrase>
<phrase revision="systemd">Systemd Unit</phrase></title>
<para revision="sysv">
Install the
<phrase revision="sysv"><filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/rpcbind</filename>
init script</phrase> included in the
<xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.
</para>
<para revision="systemd">
Enable the systemd unit installed with the package:
</para>
<indexterm zone="rpcbind rpcbind-init" revision="sysv">
<primary sortas="f-rpcbind">rpcbind</primary>
</indexterm>
<screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>make install-rpcbind</userinput></screen>
<screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable rpcbind</userinput></screen>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>rpcbind and rpcinfo</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="rpcbind-prog">
<term><command>rpcbind</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
is a server that converts RPC program numbers into universal
addresses. It must be running on the host to be able to make RPC
calls on a server on that machine
</para>
<indexterm zone="rpcbind rpcbind-prog">
<primary sortas="b-rpcbind">rpcbind</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="rpcinfo">
<term><command>rpcinfo</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>
makes an RPC call to an RPC server and reports data according
to the requested options
</para>
<indexterm zone="rpcbind rpcinfo">
<primary sortas="b-rpcinfo">rpcinfo</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>