1.\" $Id: rpc.bootparamd.8,v 1.4 1994/10/24 08:01:56 deraadt Exp $ 2.\" @(#)bootparamd.8 3.Dd Jan 8, 1994 4.Dt BOOTPARAMD 8 5.Os NetBSD 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm bootparamd 8.Nd boot parameter server 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10.Nm /usr/sbin/rpc.bootparamd 11.Op Fl d 12.Op Fl s 13.Op Fl r router 14.Op Fl f file 15.Sh DESCRIPTION 16.Nm \&Bootparamd 17is a server process that provides information to diskless clients 18necessary for booting. It consults the file 19.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams . 20It should normally be started from 21.Dq Pa /etc/rc . 22.Pp 23This version will allow the use of aliases on the hostname in the 24.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams 25file. The hostname returned in response to the booting client's whoami request 26will be the name that appears in the config file, not the canonical name. 27In this way you can keep the answer short enough 28so that machines that cannot handle long hostnames won't fail during boot. 29.Pp 30While parsing, if a line containing just ``+'' is found, and 31the YP subsystem is active, the YP map 32.Pa bootparams 33will be searched immediately. 34.Sh OPTIONS 35.Bl -tag -width indent 36.It Fl d 37Display the debugging information. The daemon does not fork in this 38case. 39.It Fl s 40Log the debugging information with syslog. 41.It Fl r 42Set the default router (a hostname or IP-address). 43This defaults to the machine running the server. 44.It Fl f 45Specify the file to use as boot parameter file instead of 46.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams . 47.El 48.Pp 49.Sh FILES 50.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact 51.It Pa /etc/bootparams 52default configuration file 53.El 54.Sh "SEE ALSO" 55.Xr bootparams 5 56.Sh BUGS 57You may find the syslog loggings too verbose. 58.Pp 59It's not clear if the non-cannonical hack mentioned above is a good idea. 60.Sh AUTHOR 61Originally written by Klas Heggemann <klas@nada.kth.se> 62