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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/rbootd/rbootd.8')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 19 deletions
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. |