BOOTPARAMD(8)           NetBSD System Manager's Manual           BOOTPARAMD(8)

NAME
     bootparamd, rpc.bootparamd -- boot parameter server

SYNOPSIS
     bootparamd [-ds] [-i interface] [-r router] [-f file]

DESCRIPTION
     bootparamd is a server process that provides information to diskless
     clients necessary for booting. It consults the file ``/etc/bootparams''.
     It should normally be started from ``/etc/rc''.

     This version will allow the use of aliases on the hostname in the
     ``/etc/bootparams'' file. The hostname returned in response to the boot-
     ing client's whoami request will be the name that appears in the config
     file, not the canonical name.  In this way you can keep the answer short
     enough so that machines that cannot handle long hostnames won't fail dur-
     ing boot.

     While parsing, if a line containing just ``+'' is found, and the YP sub-
     system is active, the YP map bootparams will be searched immediately.

OPTIONS
     -d      Display the debugging information. The daemon does not fork in
             this case.

     -i interface
             Specify the interface to become the default router.  bootparamd
             picks the first IPv4 address it finds on the system by default.
             With -i, you can control which interface to be used to obtain the
             default router address.  -r overrides -i.

     -s      Log the debugging information with syslog(3).

     -r      Set the default router (a hostname or IP-address).  This defaults
             to the machine running the server.

     -f      Specify the file to use as boot parameter file instead of
             ``/etc/bootparams''.

FILES
     /etc/bootparams  default configuration file

SEE ALSO
     bootparams(5)

AUTHORS
     Originally written by Klas Heggemann <klas@nada.kth.se>.

BUGS
     You may find the syslog messages too verbose.

     It's not clear if the non-canonical hack mentioned above is a good idea.

NetBSD 5.0_STABLE               January 8, 1994              NetBSD 5.0_STABLE
