RARPD(8) OpenBSD System Manager's Manual RARPD(8)NAMErarpd - reverse ARP daemon
SYNOPSISrarpd [-adflt] if0 [... ifN]
DESCRIPTIONrarpd services Reverse ARP requests on the Ethernet connected to the
specified interfaces. Upon receiving a request, rarpd maps the target
hardware address to an IP address via its name, which must be present in
both the ethers(5) and hosts(5) databases. If a host does not exist in
both databases, the translation cannot proceed and a reply will not be
sent.
In normal operation, rarpd forks a copy of itself and runs in the
background. Anomalies and errors are reported via syslog(3).
The options are as follows:
-a Listen on all the Ethernets attached to the system. If -a is
omitted, a list of interfaces must be specified.
-d Run in debug mode, with all the output to stderr. This option
implies the -f option.
-f Run in the foreground.
-l Log all requests to syslog(3).
-t Only honour a request if the server (the host that rarpd is
running on) can "boot" the target; that is, if a file or
directory called /tftpboot/ipaddr exists, where ipaddr is the
target IP address expressed in uppercase hexadecimal (only the
first 8 characters of filenames are checked).
FILES
/etc/ethers Ethernet host name database.
/etc/hosts Host name database.
/var/run/rarpd.pid Process ID of rarpd.
SEE ALSObpf(4), diskless(8)
Finlayson, R., Mann, T., Mogul, J.C., and Theimer, M., A Reverse Address
Resolution Protocol, RFC 903.
AUTHORS
Craig Leres (leres@ee.lbl.gov) and Steven McCanne (mccanne@ee.lbl.gov).
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
OpenBSD 4.9 August 26, 2010 OpenBSD 4.9
