NAME
bootparamd,
rpc.bootparamd —
boot parameter server
SYNOPSIS
bootparamd |
[-ds]
[-i
interface]
[-r
router]
[-f
file] |
DESCRIPTION
bootparamd is a server process that provides information to
diskless clients necessary for booting. It consults the file
“
/etc/bootparams”. It should normally be started
from “
/etc/rc”.
This version will allow the use of aliases on the hostname in the
“
/etc/bootparams” file. The hostname returned in
response to the booting client's whoami request will be the name that appears
in the config file, not the canonical name. In this way you can keep the
answer short enough so that machines that cannot handle long hostnames won't
fail during boot.
While parsing, if a line containing just ``+'' is found, and the YP subsystem is
active, the YP map
bootparams will be searched immediately.
OPTIONS
-
-
- -d
- Display the debugging information. The daemon does not fork
in this case.
-
-
- -i
interface
- Specify the interface to become the default router.
bootparamd picks the first IPv4 address it finds on the
system by default. With -i, you can control which
interface to be used to obtain the default router address.
-r overrides -i.
-
-
- -s
- Log the debugging information with
syslog(3).
-
-
- -r
- Set the default router (a hostname or IP-address). This
defaults to the machine running the server.
-
-
- -f
- Specify the file to use as boot parameter file instead of
“/etc/bootparams”.
FILES
- /etc/bootparams
- default configuration file
SEE ALSO
bootparams(5)
AUTHORS
Originally written by
Klas Heggemann
⟨klas@nada.kth.se⟩.
BUGS
You may find the syslog messages too verbose.
It's not clear if the non-canonical hack mentioned above is a good idea.