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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...