.\" @(#)rpc.3n 2.4 88/08/08 4.0 RPCSRC; from 1.19 88/06/24 SMI .\" $NetBSD: rpc_soc.3,v 1.17 2017/07/03 21:32:49 wiz Exp $ .\" Converted to mdoc by Thomas Klausner .\" .Dd December 29, 2016 .Dt RPC_SOC 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm rpc_soc , .Nm auth_destroy , .Nm authnone_create , .Nm authunix_create , .Nm authunix_create_default , .Nm callrpc , .Nm clnt_broadcast , .Nm clnt_call , .Nm clnt_control , .Nm clnt_create , .Nm clnt_destroy , .Nm clnt_freeres , .Nm clnt_geterr , .Nm clnt_pcreateerror , .Nm clnt_perrno , .Nm clnt_perror , .Nm clnt_spcreateerror , .Nm clnt_sperrno , .Nm clnt_sperror , .Nm clntraw_create , .Nm clnttcp_create , .Nm clntudp_bufcreate , .Nm clntudp_create , .Nm get_myaddress , .Nm pmap_getmaps , .Nm pmap_getport , .Nm pmap_rmtcall , .Nm pmap_set , .Nm pmap_unset , .Nm registerrpc , .Nm rpc_createerr , .Nm svc_destroy , .Nm svc_fds , .Nm svc_fdset , .Nm svc_getargs , .Nm svc_getcaller , .Nm svc_getreg , .Nm svc_getregset , .Nm svc_getrpccaller , .Nm svc_register , .Nm svc_run , .Nm svc_sendreply , .Nm svc_unregister , .Nm svcerr_auth , .Nm svcerr_decode , .Nm svcerr_noproc , .Nm svcerr_noprog , .Nm svcerr_progvers , .Nm svcerr_systemerr , .Nm svcerr_weakauth , .Nm svcfd_create , .Nm svcraw_create , .Nm xdr_accepted_reply , .Nm xdr_authunix_parms , .Nm xdr_callhdr , .Nm xdr_callmsg , .Nm xdr_opaque_auth , .Nm xdr_pmap , .Nm xdr_pmaplist , .Nm xdr_rejected_reply , .Nm xdr_replymsg , .Nm xprt_register , .Nm xprt_unregister .Nd library routines for remote procedure calls .Sh SYNOPSIS .In rpc/rpc.h .Ft void .Fn auth_destroy "AUTH *auth" .Ft AUTH * .Fn authnone_create "void" .Ft AUTH * .Fn authunix_create "char *host" "int uid" "int gid" "int len" "int *aup_gids" .Ft AUTH * .Fn authunix_create_default "void" .Ft int .Fn callrpc "char *host" "int prognum" "int versnum" \ "int procnum" "xdrproc_t inproc" "char *in" "xdrproc_t outproc" "char *out" .Ft enum clnt_stat .Fn clnt_broadcast "u_long prognum" "u_long versnum" "u_long procnum" \ "xdrproc_t inproc" "char *in" "xdrproc_t outproc" "char *out" \ "resultproc_t eachresult" .Ft enum clnt_stat .Fn clnt_call "CLIENT *clnt" "u_long procnum" "xdrproc_t inproc" \ "char *in" "xdrproc_t outproc" "char *out" "struct timeval tout" .Ft int .Fn clnt_destroy "CLIENT *clnt" .Ft CLIENT * .Fn clnt_create "const char *host" "rpcprog_t prog" "rpcvers_t vers" "const char *proto" .Ft bool_t .Fn clnt_control "CLIENT *cl" "u_int req" "char *info" .Ft int .Fn clnt_freeres "CLIENT *clnt" "xdrproc_t outproc" "char *out" .Ft void .Fn clnt_geterr "CLIENT *clnt" "struct rpc_err errp" .Ft void .Fn clnt_pcreateerror "const char *s" .Ft void .Fn clnt_perrno "enum clnt_stat stat" .Ft void .Fn clnt_perror "CLIENT *clnt" "const char *s" .Ft char * .Fn clnt_spcreateerror "const char *s" .Ft char * .Fn clnt_sperrno "enum clnt_stat stat" .Ft char * .Fn clnt_sperror "CLIENT *rpch" "const char *s" .Ft CLIENT * .Fn clntraw_create "u_long prognum" "u_long versnum" .Ft CLIENT * .Fn clnttcp_create "struct sockaddr_in *addr" "u_long prognum" \ "u_long versnum" "int *sockp" "u_int sendsz" "u_int recvsz" .Ft CLIENT * .Fn clntudp_create "struct sockaddr_in *addr" "u_long prognum" \ "u_long versnum" "struct timeval wait" "int *sockp" .Ft CLIENT * .Fn clntudp_bufcreate "struct sockaddr_in *addr" "u_long prognum" \ "u_long versnum" "struct timeval wait" "int *sockp" \ "unsigned int sendsize" "unsigned int recosize" .Ft int .Fn get_myaddress "struct sockaddr_in *addr" .Ft struct pmaplist * .Fn pmap_getmaps "struct sockaddr_in *addr" .Ft u_short .Fn pmap_getport "struct sockaddr_in *addr" "u_long prognum" \ "u_long versnum" "u_int protocol" .Ft enum clnt_stat .Fo pmap_rmtcall .Fa "struct sockaddr_in *addr" .Fa "u_long prognum" .Fa "u_long versnum" .Fa "u_long procnum" .Fa "xdrproc_t inproc" .Fa "char *in" .Fa "xdrproc_t outproc" .Fa "char *out" .Fa "struct timeval tout" .Fa "u_long *portp" .Fc .Ft int .Fn pmap_set "u_long prognum" "u_long versnum" "int protocol" \ "int port" .Ft int .Fn pmap_unset "u_long prognum" "u_long versnum" .Ft int .Fn registerrpc "int prognum" "int versnum" "int procnum" \ "char *(*procname)()" "xdrproc_t inproc" "xdrproc_t outproc" .Fd struct rpc_createerr rpc_createerr; .Ft int .Fn svc_destroy "SVCXPRT *xprt" .Fd fd_set svc_fdset; .Fd int svc_fds; .Ft int .Fn svc_freeargs "SVCXPRT *xprt" "xdrproc_t inproc" "char *in" .Ft int .Fn svc_getargs "SVCXPRT *xprt" "xdrproc_t inproc" "char *in" .Ft struct sockaddr_in * .Fn svc_getcaller "SVCXPRT *xprt" .Ft void .Fn svc_getreqset "fd_set *rdfds" .Ft void .Fn svc_getreq "int rdfds" .Ft struct netbuf * .Fn svc_getrpccaller "SVCXPRT *xprt" .Ft bool_t .Fn svc_register "SVCXPRT *xprt" "u_long prognum" "u_long versnum" \ "void (*dispatch)()" "int protocol" .Ft void .Fn svc_run "void" .Ft bool_t .Fn svc_sendreply "SVCXPRT *xprt" "xdrproc_t xdr_results" "const char *location" .Ft void .Fn svc_unregister "u_long prognum" "u_long versnum" .Ft void .Fn svcerr_auth "SVCXPRT *xprt" "enum auth_stat why" .Ft void .Fn svcerr_decode "SVCXPRT *xprt" .Ft void .Fn svcerr_noproc "SVCXPRT *xprt" .Ft void .Fn svcerr_noprog "SVCXPRT *xprt" .Ft void .Fn svcerr_progvers "SVCXPRT *xprt" "rpcvers_t low_vers" "rpcvers_t high_vers" .Ft void .Fn svcerr_systemerr "SVCXPRT *xprt" .Ft void .Fn svcerr_weakauth "SVCXPRT *xprt" .Ft SVCXPRT * .Fn svcraw_create "void" .Ft SVCXPRT * .Fn svctcp_create "int sock" "u_int send_buf_size" \ "u_int recv_buf_size" .Ft SVCXPRT * .Fn svcfd_create "int fd" "u_int sendsize" "u_int recvsize" .Ft SVCXPRT * .Fn svcudp_bufcreate "int sock" "u_int sendsize" "u_int recosize" .Ft SVCXPRT * .Fn svcudp_create "int sock" .Ft int .Fn xdr_accepted_reply "XDR *xdrs" "struct accepted_reply *ar" .Ft int .Fn xdr_authunix_parms "XDR *xdrs" "struct authunix_parms *aupp" .Ft bool_t .Fn xdr_callhdr "XDR *xdrs" "struct rpc_msg *chdr" .Ft int .Fn xdr_callmsg "XDR *xdrs" "struct rpc_msg *cmsg" .Ft int .Fn xdr_opaque_auth "XDR *xdrs" "struct opaque_auth *ap" .Ft int .Fn xdr_pmap "XDR *xdrs" "struct pmap *regs" .Ft int .Fn xdr_pmaplist "XDR *xdrs" "struct pmaplist **rp" .Ft int .Fn xdr_rejected_reply "XDR *xdrs" "struct rejected_reply *rr" .Ft int .Fn xdr_replymsg "XDR *xdrs" "struct rpc_msg *rmsg" .Ft bool_t .Fn xprt_register "SVCXPRT *xprt" .Ft void .Fn xprt_unregister "SVCXPRT *xprt" .Sh DESCRIPTION .Em "The svc and clnt functions described in this page are the old, TS-RPC" .Em "interface to the XDR and RPC library, and exist for backward compatibility." .Em "The new interface is described in the pages referenced from" .Xr rpc 3 . .Pp 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. .\" XXX: NOTYET .\".Pp .\"Routines that are used for Secure RPC (DES authentication) are described in .\".Xr rpc_secure 3 . .\"Secure RPC can be used only if DES encryption is available. .Pp .Bl -tag -width xxx .It Fn auth_destroy A macro that destroys the authentication information associated with .Fa auth . Destruction usually involves deallocation of private data structures. The use of .Fa auth is undefined after calling .Fn auth_destroy . .It Fn authnone_create Create and returns an RPC authentication handle that passes nonusable authentication information with each remote procedure call. This is the default authentication used by RPC. .It Fn authunix_create Create and return an RPC authentication handle that contains .\" XXX: .UX ? authentication information. The parameter .Fa host is the name of the machine on which the information was created; .Fa uid is the user's user ID; .Fa gid is the user's current group id; .Fa len and .Fa aup_gids refer to a counted array of groups to which the user belongs. It is easy to impersonate a user. .It Fn authunix_create_default Calls .Fn authunix_create with the appropriate parameters. .It Fn callrpc Call the remote procedure associated with .Fa prognum , .Fa versnum , and .Fa procnum on the machine, .Fa host . The parameter .Fa in is the address of the procedure's argument(s), and .Fa out is the address of where to place the result(s); .Fa inproc is used to encode the procedure's parameters, and .Fa outproc is used to decode the procedure's results. This routine returns zero if it succeeds, or the value of .Va "enum clnt_stat" cast to an integer if it fails. The routine .Fn clnt_perrno is handy for translating failure statuses into messages. .Pp Warning: calling remote procedures with this routine uses UDP/IP as a transport; see .Fn clntudp_create for restrictions. You do not have control of timeouts or authentication using this routine. .It Fn clnt_broadcast Like .Fn callrpc , except the call message is broadcast to all locally connected broadcast nets. Each time it receives a response, this routine calls .Fn eachresult , whose form is .Ft int .Fn eachresult "char *out" "struct sockaddr_in *addr" where .Fa out is the same as .Fa out passed to .Fn clnt_broadcast , except that the remote procedure's output is decoded there; .Fa addr points to the address of the machine that sent the results. If .Fn eachresult returns zero, .Fn clnt_broadcast waits for more replies; otherwise it returns with appropriate status. .Pp Warning: broadcast sockets are limited in size to the maximum transfer unit of the data link. For ethernet, this value is 1500 bytes. .It Fn clnt_call A macro that calls the remote procedure .Fa procnum associated with the client handle, .Fa clnt , which is obtained with an RPC client creation routine such as .Fn clnt_create . The parameter .Fa in is the address of the procedure's argument(s), and .Fa out is the address of where to place the result(s); .Fa inproc is used to encode the procedure's parameters, and .Fa outproc is used to decode the procedure's results; .Fa tout is the time allowed for results to come back. .It Fn clnt_destroy A macro that destroys the client's RPC handle. Destruction usually involves deallocation of private data structures, including .Fa clnt itself. Use of .Fa clnt is undefined after calling .Fn clnt_destroy . If the RPC library opened the associated socket, it will close it also. Otherwise, the socket remains open. .It Fn clnt_create Generic client creation routine. .Fa host identifies the name of the remote host where the server is located. .Fa proto indicates which kind of transport protocol to use. The currently supported values for this field are .Dq udp and .Dq tcp . Default timeouts are set, but can be modified using .Fn clnt_control . .Pp .Em Warning : Using UDP has its shortcomings. Since UDP-based RPC messages can only hold up to 8 Kbytes of encoded data, this transport cannot be used for procedures that take large arguments or return huge results. .It Fn clnt_control A macro used to change or retrieve various information about a client object. .Fa req indicates the type of operation, and .Fa info is a pointer to the information. For both UDP and TCP the supported values of .Fa req and their argument types and what they do are: .Bl -tag -width CLSET_RETRY_TIMEOUTX .It CLSET_TIMEOUT .Vt struct timeval ; set total timeout. .It CLGET_TIMEOUT .Vt struct timeval ; get total timeout. .Pp Note: if you set the timeout using .Fn clnt_control , the timeout parameter passed to .Fn clnt_call will be ignored in all future calls. .It CLGET_SERVER_ADDR .Vt struct sockaddr_in ; get server's address. .El .Pp The following operations are valid for UDP only: .Bl -tag -width CLSET_RETRY_TIMEOUT .It CLSET_RETRY_TIMEOUT .Vt struct timeval ; set the retry timeout. .It CLGET_RETRY_TIMEOUT .Vt struct timeval ; get the retry timeout. .Pp The retry timeout is the time that UDP RPC waits for the server to reply before retransmitting the request. .El .It Fn clnt_freeres A macro that frees any data allocated by the RPC/XDR system when it decoded the results of an RPC call. The parameter .Fa out is the address of the results, and .Fa outproc is the XDR routine describing the results. This routine returns one if the results were successfully freed, and zero otherwise. .It Fn clnt_geterr A macro that copies the error structure out of the client handle to the structure at address .Fa errp . .It Fn clnt_pcreateerror Print a message to standard error indicating why a client RPC handle could not be created. The message is prepended with string .Fa s and a colon. A newline character is appended at the end of the message. Used when a .Fn clnt_create , .Fn clntraw_create , .Fn clnttcp_create , or .Fn clntudp_create call fails. .It Fn clnt_perrno Print a message to standard error corresponding to the condition indicated by .Fa stat . A newline character is appended at the end of the message. Used after .Fn callrpc . .It Fn clnt_perror Print a message to standard error indicating why an RPC call failed; .Fa clnt is the handle used to do the call. The message is prepended with string .Fa s and a colon. A newline character is appended at the end of the message. Used after .Fn clnt_call . .It Fn clnt_spcreateerror Like .Fn clnt_pcreateerror , except that it returns a string instead of printing to the standard error. .Pp Bugs: returns pointer to static data that is overwritten on each call. .It Fn clnt_sperrno Take the same arguments as .Fn 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. .Pp .Fn clnt_sperrno is used instead of .Fn 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 .Xr printf 3 , or if a message format different than that supported by .Fn clnt_perrno is to be used. Note: unlike .Fn clnt_sperror and .Fn clnt_spcreateerror , .Fn clnt_sperrno returns a pointer to static data, but the result will not get overwritten on each call. .It Fn clnt_sperror Like .Fn clnt_perror , except that (like .Fn clnt_sperrno ) it returns a string instead of printing to standard error. .Pp Bugs: returns pointer to static data that is overwritten on each call. .It Fn clntraw_create This routine creates a toy RPC client for the remote program .Fa prognum , version .Fa 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 .Fn svcraw_create . This allows simulation of RPC and acquisition of RPC overheads, such as round trip times, without any kernel interference. This routine returns .Dv NULL if it fails. .It Fn clnttcp_create This routine creates an RPC client for the remote program .Fa prognum , version .Fa versnum ; the client uses TCP/IP as a transport. The remote program is located at Internet address .Fa *addr . If .Fa addr->sin_port is zero, then it is set to the actual port that the remote program is listening on (the remote .Xr rpcbind 8 or .Cm portmap service is consulted for this information). The parameter .Fa sockp is a socket; if it is .Dv RPC_ANYSOCK , then this routine opens a new one and sets .Fa sockp . Since TCP-based RPC uses buffered I/O , the user may specify the size of the send and receive buffers with the parameters .Fa sendsz and .Fa recvsz ; values of zero choose suitable defaults. This routine returns .Dv NULL if it fails. .It Fn clntudp_create This routine creates an RPC client for the remote program .Fa prognum , version .Fa versnum ; the client uses UDP/IP as a transport. The remote program is located at Internet address .Fa addr . If .Fa addr->sin_port is zero, then it is set to actual port that the remote program is listening on (the remote .Xr rpcbind 8 or .Cm portmap service is consulted for this information). The parameter .Fa sockp is a socket; if it is .Dv RPC_ANYSOCK , then this routine opens a new one and sets .Fa sockp . The UDP transport resends the call message in intervals of .Fa 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 .Fa clnt_call . .Pp Warning: since UDP-based RPC messages can only hold up to 8 Kbytes of encoded data, this transport cannot be used for procedures that take large arguments or return huge results. .It Fn clntudp_bufcreate This routine creates an RPC client for the remote program .Fa prognum , on .Fa versnum ; the client uses UDP/IP as a transport. The remote program is located at Internet address .Fa addr . If .Fa addr->sin_port is zero, then it is set to actual port that the remote program is listening on (the remote .Xr rpcbind 8 or .Cm portmap service is consulted for this information). The parameter .Fa sockp is a socket; if it is .Dv RPC_ANYSOCK , then this routine opens a new one and sets .Fa sockp . The UDP transport resends the call message in intervals of .Fa 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 .Fa clnt_call . .Pp This allows the user to specify the maximum packet size for sending and receiving UDP-based RPC messages. .It Fn get_myaddress Stuff the machine's IP address into .Fa *addr , without consulting the library routines that deal with .Pa /etc/hosts . The port number is always set to .Fn htons "PMAPPORT" . Returns zero on success, non-zero on failure. .It Fn pmap_getmaps A user interface to the .Xr rpcbind 8 service, which returns a list of the current RPC program-to-port mappings on the host located at IP address .Fa *addr . This routine can return .Dv NULL . The command .Dl Cm rpcinfo Fl p uses this routine. .It Fn pmap_getport A user interface to the .Xr rpcbind 8 service, which returns the port number on which waits a service that supports program number .Fa prognum , version .Fa versnum , and speaks the transport protocol associated with .Fa protocol . The value of .Fa protocol is most likely .Dv IPPROTO_UDP or .Dv IPPROTO_TCP . A return value of zero means that the mapping does not exist or that the RPC system failured to contact the remote .Xr rpcbind 8 service. In the latter case, the global variable .Fn rpc_createerr contains the RPC status. .It Fn pmap_rmtcall A user interface to the .Xr rpcbind 8 service, which instructs .Xr rpcbind 8 on the host at IP address .Fa *addr to make an RPC call on your behalf to a procedure on that host. The parameter .Fa *portp will be modified to the program's port number if the procedure succeeds. The definitions of other parameters are discussed in .Fn callrpc and .Fn clnt_call . This procedure should be used for a .Dq ping and nothing else. See also .Fn clnt_broadcast . .It Fn pmap_set A user interface to the .Xr rpcbind 8 service, which establishes a mapping between the triple .Fa [ prognum , .Fa versnum , .Fa protocol ] and .Fa port on the machine's .Xr rpcbind 8 service. The value of .Fa protocol is most likely .Dv IPPROTO_UDP or .Dv IPPROTO_TCP . This routine returns one if it succeeds, zero otherwise. Automatically done by .Fn svc_register . .It Fn pmap_unset A user interface to the .Xr rpcbind 8 service, which destroys all mapping between the triple .Fa [ prognum , .Fa versnum , .Fa * ] and .Fa ports on the machine's .Xr rpcbind 8 service. This routine returns one if it succeeds, zero otherwise. .It Fn registerrpc Register procedure .Fa procname with the RPC service package. If a request arrives for program .Fa prognum , version .Fa versnum , and procedure .Fa procnum , .Fa procname is called with a pointer to its parameter(s); .Fa progname should return a pointer to its static result(s); .Fa inproc is used to decode the parameters while .Fa outproc is used to encode the results. This routine returns zero if the registration succeeded, \-1 otherwise. .Pp Warning: remote procedures registered in this form are accessed using the UDP/IP transport; see .Fn svcudp_bufcreate for restrictions. .It struct rpc_createerr rpc_createerr ; A global variable whose value is set by any RPC client creation routine that does not succeed. Use the routine .Fn clnt_pcreateerror to print the reason why. .It Fn svc_destroy A macro that destroys the RPC service transport handle, .Fa xprt . Destruction usually involves deallocation of private data structures, including .Fa xprt itself. Use of .Fa xprt is undefined after calling this routine. .It fd_set svc_fdset ; A global variable reflecting the RPC service side's read file descriptor bit mask; it is suitable as a parameter to the .Xr select 2 system call. This is only of interest if a service implementor does not call .Fn svc_run , but rather does his own asynchronous event processing. This variable is read-only (do not pass its address to .Xr select 2 ! ) , yet it may change after calls to .Fn svc_getreqset or any creation routines. .It int svc_fds; Similar to .Fn svc_fedset , but limited to 32 descriptors. This interface is obsoleted by .Fn svc_fdset . .It Fn svc_freeargs A macro that frees any data allocated by the RPC/XDR system when it decoded the arguments to a service procedure using .Fn svc_getargs . This routine returns 1 if the results were successfully freed, and zero otherwise. .It Fn svc_getargs A macro that decodes the arguments of an RPC request associated with the RPC service transport handle, .Fa xprt . The parameter .Fa in is the address where the arguments will be placed; .Fa inproc is the XDR routine used to decode the arguments. This routine returns one if decoding succeeds, and zero otherwise. .It Fn svc_getcaller The obsolete way of getting the network address of the caller of a procedure associated with the RPC service transport handle, .Fa xprt , use .Fn svc_getrpccaller . .It Fn svc_getreqset This routine is only of interest if a service implementor does not call .Fn svc_run , but instead implements custom asynchronous event processing. It is called when the .Xr select 2 system call has determined that an RPC request has arrived on some RPC socket(s) ; .Fa rdfds is the resultant read file descriptor bit mask. The routine returns when all sockets associated with the value of .Fa rdfds have been serviced. .It Fn svc_getreq Similar to .Fn svc_getreqset , but limited to 32 descriptors. This interface is obsoleted by .Fn svc_getreqset . .It Fn svc_getrpccaller The approved way of getting the network address of the caller of a procedure associated with the RPC service transport handle, .Fa xprt . .It Fn svc_register Associates .Fa prognum and .Fa versnum with the service dispatch procedure, .Fa dispatch . If .Fa protocol is zero, the service is not registered with the .Xr rpcbind 8 service. If .Fa protocol is non-zero, then a mapping of the triple .Fa [ prognum , .Fa versnum , .Fa protocol ] to .Fa xprt->xp_port is established with the local .Xr rpcbind 8 service (generally .Fa protocol is zero, .Dv IPPROTO_UDP or .Dv IPPROTO_TCP ) . The procedure .Fa dispatch has the following form: .Ft int .Fn dispatch "struct svc_req *request" "SVCXPRT *xprt" . .Pp The .Fn svc_register routine returns one if it succeeds, and zero otherwise. .It Fn svc_run This routine never returns. It waits for RPC requests to arrive, and calls the appropriate service procedure using .Fn svc_getreq when one arrives. This procedure is usually waiting for a .Xr select 2 system call to return. .It Fn svc_sendreply Called by an RPC service's dispatch routine to send the results of a remote procedure call. The parameter .Fa xprt is the request's associated transport handle; .Fa xdr_results is the XDR routine which is used to encode the results; and .Fa xdr_location is the address of the results. This routine returns one if it succeeds, zero otherwise. .It Fn svc_unregister Remove all mapping of the double .Fa [ prognum , .Fa versnum ] to dispatch routines, and of the triple .Fa [ prognum , .Fa versnum , .Fa * ] to port number. .It Fn svcerr_auth Called by a service dispatch routine that refuses to perform a remote procedure call due to an authentication error. .It Fn svcerr_decode Called by a service dispatch routine that cannot successfully decode its parameters. See also .Fn svc_getargs . .It Fn svcerr_noproc Called by a service dispatch routine that does not implement the procedure number that the caller requests. .It Fn svcerr_noprog Called when the desired program is not registered with the RPC package. Service implementors usually do not need this routine. .It Fn svcerr_progvers Called when the desired version of a program is not registered with the RPC package. Service implementors usually do not need this routine. .\" TODO: document low_vers and high_vers .It Fn svcerr_systemerr 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. .It Fn svcerr_weakauth Called by a service dispatch routine that refuses to perform a remote procedure call due to insufficient authentication parameters. The routine calls .Fn svcerr_auth "xprt" "AUTH_TOOWEAK" . .It Fn svcraw_create 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 .Fn 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 .Dv NULL if it fails. .It Fn svctcp_create This routine creates a TCP/IP-based RPC service transport, to which it returns a pointer. The transport is associated with the socket .Fa sock , which may be .Dv 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, .Fa xprt->xp_sock is the transport's socket descriptor, and .Fa xprt->xp_port is the transport's port number. This routine returns .Dv 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. .It Fn svcfd_create Create a service on top of any open descriptor. Typically, this descriptor is a connected socket for a stream protocol such as TCP. .Fa sendsize and .Fa recvsize indicate sizes for the send and receive buffers. If they are zero, a reasonable default is chosen. .It Fn svcudp_bufcreate This routine creates a UDP/IP-based RPC service transport, to which it returns a pointer. The transport is associated with the socket .Fa sock , which may be .Dv 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, .Fa xprt->xp_sock is the transport's socket descriptor, and .Fa xprt->xp_port is the transport's port number. This routine returns .Dv NULL if it fails. .Pp This allows the user to specify the maximum packet size for sending and receiving UDP-based RPC messages. .It Fn svcudp_create This acts as .Fn svcudp_bufcreate with predefined sizes for the maximum packet sizes. .It Fn xdr_accepted_reply Used for encoding RPC reply messages. This routine is useful for users who wish to generate RPC-style messages without using the RPC package. .It Fn xdr_authunix_parms Used for describing UNIX credentials. This routine is useful for users who wish to generate these credentials without using the RPC authentication package. .It Fn xdr_callhdr 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. .It Fn xdr_callmsg Used for describing RPC call messages. This routine is useful for users who wish to generate RPC-style messages without using the RPC package. .It Fn xdr_opaque_auth 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. .It Fn xdr_pmap Used for describing parameters to various .Xr rpcbind 8 procedures, externally. This routine is useful for users who wish to generate these parameters without using the .Em pmap interface. .It Fn xdr_pmaplist Used for describing a list of port mappings, externally. This routine is useful for users who wish to generate these parameters without using the .Em pmap interface. .It Fn xdr_rejected_reply Used for describing RPC reply messages. This routine is useful for users who wish to generate RPC-style messages without using the RPC package. .It Fn xdr_replymsg Used for describing RPC reply messages. This routine is useful for users who wish to generate RPC-style messages without using the RPC package. .It Fn xprt_register After RPC service transport handles are created, they should register themselves with the RPC service package. This routine modifies the global variable .Va svc_fds . Service implementors usually do not need this routine. .It Fn xprt_unregister Before an RPC service transport handle is destroyed, it should unregister itself with the RPC service package. This routine modifies the global variable .Va svc_fds . Service implementors usually do not need this routine. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .\".Xr rpc_secure 3 , .Xr xdr 3 .Pp The following manuals: .Rs .%B Remote Procedure Calls: Protocol Specification .Re .Rs .%B Remote Procedure Call Programming Guide .Re .Rs .%B rpcgen Programming Guide .Re .Pp .Rs .%A Sun Microsystems, Inc., USC-ISI .%T "RPC: Remote Procedure Call Protocol Specification" .%J RFC .%V 1050 .Re