rpcb_getport_sync9
Obtain the port for an rpc service on a given host
Usage
int rpcb_getport_sync(struct sockaddr_in * sin, u32 prog, u32 vers, int prot);
Arguments
sin
address of remote peer
prog
RPC program number to bind
vers
RPC version number to bind
prot
transport protocol to use to make this request
Overview
Return value is the requested advertised port number, or a negative errno value.
Called from outside the RPC client in a synchronous task context. Uses default timeout parameters specified by underlying transport.
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Needs to support IPv6
Releases
2 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 1 time.