portmap: portmap (a daemon to manage RPC connections)
portmap:
portmap: The portmapper (/sbin/rpc.portmap) is a network daemon used to manage
portmap: connections to RPC services.  Daemons that offer RPC services (such
portmap: as the daemons for NFS) tell the portmapper on what port they listen. 
portmap: Unlike the services registered with the inetd, RPC network port
portmap: numbers may change each time the system is booted.
portmap:
portmap: The portmapper is required to use NFS or other RPC services.
portmap:
portmap: