57 lines
1.6 KiB
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57 lines
1.6 KiB
Groff
.\" $Id: rpc.bootparamd.8,v 1.2 1994/01/21 01:54:21 jtc Exp $
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.\" @(#)bootparamd.8
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.Dd Jan 8, 1994
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.Dt BOOTPARAMD 8
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.Os NetBSD
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm bootparamd
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.Nd boot parameter server
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm /usr/sbin/rpc.bootparamd
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.Op Fl d
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.Op Fl s
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.Op Fl r router
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.Op Fl f file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm \&Bootparamd
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is a server process that provides information to diskless clients
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necessary for booting. It consults the file
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.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams .
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It should normally be started from
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.Dq Pa /etc/rc .
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.Pp
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This version will allow the use of aliases on the hostname in the
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.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams
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file. The hostname returned in response to the booting client's whoami request
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will be the name that appears in the config file, not the canonical name.
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In this way you can keep the answer short enough
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so that machines that cannot handle long hostnames won't fail during boot.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl d
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Display the debugging information. The daemon does not fork in this
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case.
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.It Fl s
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Log the debugging information with syslog.
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.It Fl r
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Set the default router (a hostname or IP-address).
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This defaults to the machine running the server.
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.It Fl f
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Specify the file to use as boot parameter file instead of
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.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams .
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.El
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.Pp
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact
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.It Pa /etc/bootparams
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default configuration file
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.El
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.Sh BUGS
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You may find the syslog loggings too verbose.
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.Pp
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It's not clear if the non-cannonical hack mentioned above is a good idea.
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.Sh TODO
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Support YP with a '+' line in the file
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.Sh AUTHOR
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Originally written by Klas Heggemann <klas@nada.kth.se>
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