Can someone point me to a decent RPC tutorial for (or books) linux, like in this post. I tried looking around myself, I've only found tutorials that are really old.
Thanks
A:
Beej's Guide is a well known one. It is free and available in HTML, PDF, etc.
j0rd4n
2010-03-26 19:59:06
While *Beej's Guide to Network Programming* is an excellent resource, I've never seen anything specific to RPC.
jschmier
2010-03-27 06:32:39
yeah, I've read through that guide quite a bit... there's nothing in there about RPC. I just looked through his IPC guide too and there's no mention of RPC.
devin
2010-03-29 16:39:10
+1
A:
Since the idea of RPC goes back to 1976 and the first business use was by Xerox in 1981, I'm not exactly sure what qualifies as a really old tutorial.
Here are a few resources you might find helpful.
Power Programming with RPC (1992)
Remote Procedure Calls | Linux Journal (Oct 01, 1997)
Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) (1999)
Remote Procedure Call Programming Guide (PDF link)
jschmier
2010-03-27 06:32:32
That Linux Journal one was the old one I was talking about. I suppose RPC is a more mature technology than I thought. Also the third one on your list: I can't build the first example. There's no definition of rnusers() in the included libraries.
devin
2010-03-29 16:41:50
The `rnusers()` function returns the number of users logged on to the specified host via `rpc.rusersd`. I have been unable to find an equivalent function in Linux. Here's a link to the `rpc.rusersd` manpage - http://linux.die.net/man/8/rpc.rusersd
jschmier
2010-03-29 18:03:21