1.\" $NetBSD: rpc.bootparamd.8,v 1.13 2002/02/08 01:38:55 ross Exp $ 2.\" @(#)bootparamd.8 3.Dd January 8, 1994 4.Dt BOOTPARAMD 8 5.Os 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm bootparamd , 8.Nm rpc.bootparamd 9.Nd boot parameter server 10.Sh SYNOPSIS 11.Nm 12.Op Fl d 13.Op Fl s 14.Op Fl r Ar router 15.Op Fl f Ar file 16.Sh DESCRIPTION 17.Nm 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 42.Xr syslog 3 . 43.It Fl r 44Set the default router (a hostname or IP-address). 45This defaults to the machine running the server. 46.It Fl f 47Specify the file to use as boot parameter file instead of 48.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams . 49.El 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 AUTHORS 58Originally written by Klas Heggemann \*[Lt]klas@nada.kth.se\*[Gt] 59.Sh BUGS 60You may find the syslog messages too verbose. 61.Pp 62It's not clear if the non-canonical hack mentioned above is a good idea. 63