NAME
bootparamd,
rpc.bootparamd —
boot parameter server
SYNOPSIS
rpc.bootparamd |
[-ds] [-f
file] [-r
router] |
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.
The options are as follows:
-d- Display the debugging information. The daemon does not fork in this case.
-ffile- Specify the file to read boot parameters from. Defaults to /etc/bootparams.
-rrouter- Set the default router (a hostname or IP address). This defaults to the machine running the server.
-s- Log the debugging information with syslog.
FILES
- /etc/bootparams
- default configuration file
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
Originally written by Klas Heggemann <klas@nada.kth.se>.
BUGS
You may find the syslog loggings too verbose.
It's not clear if the non-canonical hack mentioned above is a good idea.
WARNING
If rpc.bootparamd is run on a system which
is also running YP, your YP domainname will be made public information.