netconfig(5)

NAME

netconfig - network configuration data base

SYNOPSIS

/etc/netconfig

DESCRIPTION

The netconfig file defines a list of ``transport names'',

describing
their semantics and protocol. In FreeBSD, this file is only

used by the
RPC library code.

Entries have the following format:

network_id semantics flags family protoname device libraries

Entries consist of the following fields:

network_id The name of the transport described.

semantics Describes the semantics of the transport. This

can be one

of:

tpi_clts Connectionless transport.

tpi_cots Connection-oriented trans

port

tpi_cots_ord Connection-oriented, ordered

transport.

tpi_raw A raw connection.

flags This field is either blank (specified by ``-''),

or contains

a ``v'', meaning visible to the getnetconfig(3)

function.

family The protocol family of the transport. This is

currently one

of:

inet6 The IPv6 (PF_INET6) family of

protocols.

inet The IPv4 (PF_INET) family of

protocols.

loopback The PF_LOCAL protocol family.

protoname The name of the protocol used for this trans

port. Can cur

rently be either udp, tcp or empty.

device This field is always empty in FreeBSD.

libraries This field is always empty in FreeBSD.

The order of entries in this file will determine which

transport will be
preferred by the RPC library code, given a match on a speci

fied network
type. For example, if a sample network config file would

look like this:

udp6 tpi_clts v inet6 udp

tcp6 tpi_cots_ord v inet6 tcp

udp tpi_clts v inet udp

tcp tpi_cots_ord v inet tcp

rawip tpi_raw - inet -

local tpi_cots_ord - loopback -

FILES

/etc/netconfig

SEE ALSO

getnetconfig(3), getnetpath(3)

BSD November 17, 2000

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