BOOTPD(8)BOOTPD(8)NAMEbootpd - boot protocol daemon
SYNOPSIS
/usr/etc/bootpd [ -d ]
DESCRIPTION
Bootpd is the bootstrap protocol server daemon described in RFC 951.
It is used by diskless hosts to resolve their protocol addresses and to
determine what bootfile to netload. Bootpd is normally run as a
subprocess of inetd(8) daemon.
The file /etc/bootptab is the database for bootpd. Blank lines and
lines beginning with '#' are ignored. The first section of the file
contains default parameters, one per line. The first parameter is the
default directory of the bootfiles. The second parameter is the name
of the default bootfile. A line beginning with '%%' marks the end of
the parameter section.
The remainder of the file contains one line per client interface, with
the information show below. The 'host' name is also tried as a suffix
for the 'bootfile' when searching the home directory, e.g.
'bootfile.host'. For 10MB Ethernet 'htype' is always '1'.
# host htype haddr iaddr bootfile
tc101g 1 02:60:8c:06:35:05 36.44.0.65 seagate
The -d flag, enables debugging output.
AUTHOR
Bill Croft, SUMEX-AIM project, Stanford University
FILES
/etc/bootptab
SEE ALSO
Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP), RFC 951, Croft and Gilmore.
4.3 Berkeley Distribution March 26, 1986 BOOTPD(8)
