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Date:      Thu, 5 Jan 2006 10:31:33 -0500
From:      Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org>
To:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: rpcbind lingering on IP no longer specified on command line
Message-ID:  <51DD97C7-4002-4459-A709-1B72DC1189A7@khera.org>
In-Reply-To: <1136459205.11648.4.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk>
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On Jan 5, 2006, at 6:06 AM, Gavin Atkinson wrote:

>> Can anyone explain why rpcbind will still bind to all tcp interfaces?
>
> Although I believe this is a bug, it is actually working as  
> documented:
>
> from rpcbind(8):
>      -h bindip
>              Specify specific IP addresses to bind to for UDP  
> requests.

Yeah, I noticed that little tiny "UDP requests" note in the -h docs  
too.  There's no reason to bind to all tcp addresses, and it is  
causing me heartburn for getting the server certified...



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