Open System Services Management and Operations Guide (G06.27+, H06.04+)

Managing Servers
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Configuration Files for the Network Services Servers
and Tools
/etc/hosts.equiv is bypassed when a remote user attempts to use an rsh
command as the super ID.
These files are sometimes the target of UNIX system intruders. Take standard
precautions for their use on a UNIX system when setting them up for the OSS
environment.
See the hosts.equiv(4) and .rhosts(4) reference pages either online or in the
Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual for more information
about the content and use of these files.
portmap
The portmap process uses the Guardian files configured for TCP/IP processes
running in the Guardian environment:
$SYSTEM.ZTCPIP.HOSTS
$SYSTEM.ZTCPIP.RESCONF
HP provides a default version of each of these files. See the TCP/IP Configuration and
Management Manual or the TCP/IPv6 Configuration and Management Manual for
more information about these files. For information on changing the configuration of
portmap, see portmap on page 4-32.
RPCINFO
The RPCINFO process uses the same Guardian files as the portmap process, plus
an additional one:
$SYSTEM.ZTCPIP.HOSTS
$SYSTEM.ZTCPIP.RESCONF
$SYSTEM.ZRPC.RPC
HP provides a default version of the HOSTS and RESCONF files. See the TCP/IP
Configuration and Management Manual or the TCP/IPv6 Configuration and
Management Manual for more information about those files.
$SYSTEM.ZRPC.RPC is the program definition file that identifies all programs that
RPCINFO should report information for. The program definition file is an EDIT file and
can be created using any Guardian text editor.
Each line in the RPC file is either a comment line beginning with a pound sign (#) or an
entry for one program. Program entries contain the program name to be reported by
RPCINFO, the program number, and possible aliases for the program name.
For example, the following sample RPC file defines only one program for RPCINFO to
report data about, portmapper. This file defines portmap and sunrpc as being
possible aliases for the portmapper program (PORTMAP is the name used in the