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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-03-11 19:39:46 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1999-03-11 19:39:46 +0000
commit0f19f5dba157291a0ce304b76c3c2f8253705cfb (patch)
tree7b03ce8fc335a688b2d8c4836dae657f24f3025f /usr.sbin/rbootd/rbootd.8
parent0d6963c57098b493eecba92752f863a2de60b70a (diff)
cleanup
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/rbootd/rbootd.8 b/usr.sbin/rbootd/rbootd.8
index 71e5964afb5..db1aad45a17 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rbootd/rbootd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/rbootd/rbootd.8
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.\" $OpenBSD: rbootd.8,v 1.3 1999/03/11 19:39:43 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: rbootd.8,v 1.3 1995/08/21 17:05:16 thorpej Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1992 The University of Utah and the Center
@@ -51,20 +52,20 @@
.Nm rbootd
.Nd HP remote boot server
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm rbootd
+.Nm
.Op Fl ad
.Op Fl i Ar interface
-.Op config_file
+.Op Ar config_file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Nm rbootd
+.Nm
utility services boot requests from Hewlett-Packard workstations over a
local area network.
All boot files must reside in the boot file directory; further, if a
client supplies path information in its boot request, it will be silently
stripped away before processing.
By default,
-.Nm rbootd
+.Nm
only responds to requests from machines listed in its configuration file.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
@@ -74,13 +75,14 @@ Respond to boot requests from any machine.
The configuration file is ignored if this option is specified.
.It Fl d
Run
-.Nm rbootd
+.Nm
in debug mode.
Packets sent and received are displayed to the terminal.
.It Fl i Ar interface
-Service boot requests on specified interface.
+Service boot requests on specified
+.Ar interface .
If unspecified,
-.Nm rbootd
+.Nm
searches the system interface list for the lowest numbered, configured
``up'' interface (excluding loopback).
Ties are broken by choosing the earliest match.
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ Ties are broken by choosing the earliest match.
Specifying
.Ar config_file
on the command line causes
-.Nm rbootd
+.Nm
to use a different configuration file from the default.
.Pp
The configuration file is a text file where each line describes a particular
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ list of boot file names.
An Ethernet address is specified in hexadecimal with each of its six octets
separated by a colon.
The boot file names come from the boot file directory.
-The ethernet address and boot file(s) must be separated by white-space
+The Ethernet address and boot file(s) must be separated by white-space
and/or comma characters.
A pound sign causes the remainder of a line to be ignored.
.Pp
@@ -113,13 +115,13 @@ Here is a sample configuration file:
.It 8::9:1:C6:75 SYSHPBSD,SYSHPUX # jaguar (either)
.El
.Pp
-.Nm Rbootd
+.Nm
logs status and error messages via
.Xr syslog 3 .
A startup message is always logged, and in the case of fatal errors (or
deadly signals) a message is logged announcing the server's termination.
In general, a non-fatal error is handled by ignoring the event that caused
-it (e.g. an invalid Ethernet address in the config file causes that line
+it (e.g., an invalid Ethernet address in the config file causes that line
to be invalidated).
.Pp
The following signals have the specified effect when sent to the server
@@ -136,23 +138,22 @@ Turn off debugging, do nothing if already off.
.El
.Sh "FILES"
.Bl -tag -width /usr/libexec/rbootd -compact
-.It /dev/bpf#
+.It Pa /dev/bpf#
packet-filter device
-.It /etc/rbootd.conf
+.It Pa /etc/rbootd.conf
configuration file
-.It /tmp/rbootd.dbg
+.It Pa /tmp/rbootd.dbg
debug output
-.It /usr/mdec/rbootd
+.It Pa /usr/mdec/rbootd
directory containing boot files
-.It /var/run/rbootd.pid
-process id
+.It Pa /var/run/rbootd.pid
+process ID
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kill 1 ,
.Xr socket 2 ,
.Xr signal 3 ,
-.Xr syslog 3 ,
-.Xr rmp 4
+.Xr syslog 3
.Sh BUGS
If multiple servers are started on the same interface, each will receive
and respond to the same boot packets.