1.\" $Id: rpc.bootparamd.8,v 1.5 1995/04/12 00:53:13 jtc Exp $ 2.\" @(#)bootparamd.8 3.Dd Jan 8, 1994 4.Dt BOOTPARAMD 8 5.Os NetBSD 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm bootparamd , 8.Nm rpc.bootparamd 9.Nd boot parameter server 10.Sh SYNOPSIS 11.Nm /usr/sbin/rpc.bootparamd 12.Op Fl d 13.Op Fl s 14.Op Fl r router 15.Op Fl f file 16.Sh DESCRIPTION 17.Nm \&Bootparamd 18is a server process that provides information to diskless clients 19necessary for booting. It consults the file 20.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams . 21It should normally be started from 22.Dq Pa /etc/rc . 23.Pp 24This version will allow the use of aliases on the hostname in the 25.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams 26file. The hostname returned in response to the booting client's whoami request 27will be the name that appears in the config file, not the canonical name. 28In this way you can keep the answer short enough 29so that machines that cannot handle long hostnames won't fail during boot. 30.Pp 31While parsing, if a line containing just ``+'' is found, and 32the YP subsystem is active, the YP map 33.Pa bootparams 34will be searched immediately. 35.Sh OPTIONS 36.Bl -tag -width indent 37.It Fl d 38Display the debugging information. The daemon does not fork in this 39case. 40.It Fl s 41Log the debugging information with syslog. 42.It Fl r 43Set the default router (a hostname or IP-address). 44This defaults to the machine running the server. 45.It Fl f 46Specify the file to use as boot parameter file instead of 47.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams . 48.El 49.Pp 50.Sh FILES 51.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact 52.It Pa /etc/bootparams 53default configuration file 54.El 55.Sh "SEE ALSO" 56.Xr bootparams 5 57.Sh BUGS 58You may find the syslog loggings too verbose. 59.Pp 60It's not clear if the non-cannonical hack mentioned above is a good idea. 61.Sh AUTHOR 62Originally written by Klas Heggemann <klas@nada.kth.se> 63