Erpcd - Nortel 2000 Software Reference Manual

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erpcd

The erpcd, or expedited remote procedure call daemon, responds to all
Annex boot, dump, and ACP security requests. This daemon contains
two programs:
• bfs – the block file server used to access host files and dump
Annex images.
• acp – the Access Control Protocol program for host-based
security requests.
Table C-78 lists the arguments for erpcd. The syntax is:
/etc/erpcd [ [–D[level]] [–c [maxnumber] [–d [udpport][–f [directory]\
[–p][–s [directory] [–u [filename] [–b [max_con] [–x
[max_total]\
[–g [period]]
When operational code is being downloaded to Annexes, a minimum of
one host, accessible to an Annex, must be running erpcd with the bfs
program enabled. A UDP port (121) for erpcd must be defined in the
services database and the eservices file must be configured properly.
For expert C coders only: the host erpcd daemon can implement
macros, extended commands, command logging, and arbitrary
security restrictions through a set of interface routines to the Annex
CLI. These are documented in the acp_policy.doc file; the
acp_policy.c file contains examples (for more details on
implementing code changes, see Modifying the Supplied Security
Application on page A-546 and Modifying the Code on page A-556).
Remote Annex Administrator's Guide for UNIX
Chapter 4 Utilities
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