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RCONFIG(8)		  BSD System Manager's Manual		    RCONFIG(8)

NAME
     rconfig — Remote Configuration Client/Server

SYNOPSIS
     rconfig [-a] [-W workdir] [-T tagdir] [-C configfiles] [-s] [-v]

DESCRIPTION
     The rconfig utility provides simple remote configurator functionality.
     In client mode rconfig will broadcast a request for the specified config‐
     uration tag over available interfaces (or you can specify an IP), locate
     a server capable of supplying the tag, then connect to, download, and run
     the script associate with the tag.	 In server mode rconfig will listen on
     port 257 for broadcast requests (UDP) and connections (TCP).  Note that
     UDP based requests are only responded to if the requested tag is avail‐
     able.  You can run the server on multiple machines on the LAN serving
     different tags or, if you wish to provide a backup, serving the same
     tags, or a mix.  The client will use the first matching tag it encoun‐
     ters.

     The following command line options are available when operating in client
     mode:

     -a		 rconfig will broadcast a request for the 'auto' tag on all
		 available interfaces.	No additional arguments are necessary.

     -W workdir	 Specify the working directory for script downloads.  The
		 default is /tmp.

     -v		 Verbose mode prints additional information during program
		 execution.

     host[:tag]	 Specify any number of remote IP addresses or broadcast
		 addresses.  If no tag is specified rconfig defaults to
		 'auto'.  If you specify just a tag using :tag the broadcast
		 address for all available interfaces will be used.  The -a
		 option should not be used in that case.

     The following command line options are available when operating in server
     mode:

     -a		 rconfig will bind to and listen on all available interfaces.
		 If this option is not used you must specify a particular IP
		 address or addresses to bind to.  The server listens on port
		 257 for both UDP and TCP.

     -T tagdir	 Specify the directory containing the tag scripts.  The
		 default is /usr/local/etc/rconfig.  Tag scripts are in the
		 form: tagname.sh.

     -C configfiles
		 Specify server configuration files (currently unused).

     -s		 This option is required to operate rconfig as a server.

     -v		 Verbose mode prints additional information during program
		 execution.

     bind_address
		 Specify any number of IP addresses or hostnames corresponding
		 to machine local addresses that the server will bind to and
		 listen on.

FILES
     /usr/share/examples/rconfig

SEE ALSO
     dhclient(8)

AUTHORS
     This program was written by Matthew Dillon.

BSD				 June 17, 2004				   BSD

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