rpc.bootparamd(8) [netbsd man page]

RPC.BOOTPARAMD(8)					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					 RPC.BOOTPARAMD(8)

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.

BSD
								  January 8, 1994							       BSD

rpc.bootparamd(1M)					  System Administration Commands					rpc.bootparamd(1M)

NAME

       rpc.bootparamd, bootparamd - boot parameter server

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/rpc.bootparamd [-d]

DESCRIPTION

       rpc.bootparamd is a server process that provides information from a bootparams database to diskless clients at boot time. See bootparams(4)

       The source for the bootparams database is determined by the nsswitch.conf(4) file (on the machine running the rpc.bootparamd process).

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -d    Display debugging information.

FILES

       /etc/bootparams	     boot parameter data base

       /etc/nsswitch.conf    configuration file for the name-service switch

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWbsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       svcs(1),svcadm(1M), bootparams(4), nsswitch.conf(4), attributes(5), smf(5)

NOTES

       A  diskless  client  requires service from at least one rpc.bootparamd process running on a server that is on the same IP subnetwork as the
       diskless client.

       Some routines that compare hostnames use case-sensitive string comparisons;  some do not. If an incoming request  fails,  verify  that  the
       case of the  hostname in the file to be parsed matches the case of the hostname called  for, and attempt the request again.

       The rpc.bootparamd service is managed by the service management facility, smf(5), under the service identifier:

	 svc:/network/rpc/bootparams

       Administrative  actions	on  this  service, such as enabling, disabling, or requesting restart, can be performed using svcadm(1M). The ser-
       vice's status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.

SunOS 5.11							    1 Aug 2004							rpc.bootparamd(1M)