75 lines
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75 lines
2.0 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: rpc.bootparamd.8,v 1.17 2008/11/08 02:08:39 reed Exp $
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.\" @(#)bootparamd.8
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.Dd January 8, 1994
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.Dt RPC.BOOTPARAMD 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm bootparamd ,
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.Nm rpc.bootparamd
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.Nd boot parameter server
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl ds
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.Op Fl i Ar interface
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.Op Fl r Ar router
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.Op Fl f Ar file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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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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.Pp
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While parsing, if a line containing just ``+'' is found, and
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the YP subsystem is active, the YP map
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.Pa bootparams
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will be searched immediately.
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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 i Ar interface
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Specify the interface to become the default router.
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.Nm
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picks the first IPv4 address it finds on the system by default.
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With
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.Fl i ,
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you can control which interface to be used to obtain the default router address.
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.Fl r
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overrides
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.Fl i .
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.It Fl s
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Log the debugging information with
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.Xr syslog 3 .
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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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.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 SEE ALSO
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.Xr bootparams 5
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.Sh AUTHORS
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Originally written by
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.An Klas Heggemann
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.Aq klas@nada.kth.se .
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.Sh BUGS
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You may find the syslog messages too verbose.
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.Pp
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It's not clear if the non-canonical hack mentioned above is a good idea.
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