1.\" Copyright (c) 1992 The Regents of the University of California. 2.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1992 The University of Utah and the Center 3.\" for Software Science (CSS). 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 7.\" the Center for Software Science of the University of Utah Computer 8.\" Science Department. CSS requests users of this software to return 9.\" to css-dist@cs.utah.edu any improvements that they make and grant 10.\" CSS redistribution rights. 11.\" 12.\" %sccs.include.redist.roff% 13.\" 14.\" @(#)rbootd.8 5.3 (Berkeley) 07/23/92 15.\" 16.\" Utah $Hdr: rbootd.man 3.1 92/07/06$ 17.\" Author: Jeff Forys, University of Utah CSS 18.\" 19.Dd "" 20.Dt RBOOTD 8 21.Os 22.Sh NAME 23.Nm rbootd 24.Nd HP remote boot server 25.Sh SYNOPSIS 26.Nm rbootd 27.Op Fl ad 28.Op Fl i Ar interface 29.Op config_file 30.Sh DESCRIPTION 31The 32.Nm rbootd 33utility services boot requests from Hewlett-Packard workstations over a 34local area network. 35All boot files must reside in the boot file directory; further, if a 36client supplies path information in its boot request, it will be silently 37stripped away before processing. 38By default, 39.Nm rbootd 40only responds to requests from machines listed in its configuration file. 41.Pp 42The options are as follows: 43.Bl -tag -width Fl 44.It Fl a 45Respond to boot requests from any machine. 46The configuration file is ignored if this option is specified. 47.It Fl d 48Run 49.Nm rbootd 50in debug mode. 51Packets sent and received are displayed to the terminal. 52.It Fl i Ar interface 53Service boot requests on specified interface. 54If unspecified, 55.Nm rbootd 56searches the system interface list for the lowest numbered, configured 57``up'' interface (excluding loopback). 58Ties are broken by choosing the earliest match. 59.El 60.Pp 61Specifying 62.Ar config_file 63on the command line causes 64.Nm rbootd 65to use a different configuration file from the default. 66.Pp 67The configuration file is a text file where each line describes a particular 68machine. 69A line must start with a machine's Ethernet address followed by an optional 70list of boot file names. 71An ethernet address is specified in hexadecimal with each of its six octets 72separated by a colon. 73The boot file names come from the boot file directory. 74The ethernet address and boot file(s) must be separated by white-space 75and/or comma characters. 76A pound sign causes the remainder of a line to be ignored. 77.Pp 78Here is a sample configuration file: 79.Bl -column 08:00:09:0:66:ad SYSHPBSD,SYSHPUX "# vandy (anything)" 80.It # 81.It # ethernet addr boot file(s) comments 82.It # 83.It 08:00:09:0:66:ad SYSHPBSD # snake (4.3BSD) 84.It 08:00:09:0:59:5b # vandy (anything) 85.It 8::9:1:C6:75 SYSHPBSD,SYSHPUX # jaguar (either) 86.El 87.Pp 88.Nm Rbootd 89logs status and error messages via 90.Xr syslog 3 . 91A startup message is always logged, and in the case of fatal errors (or 92deadly signals) a message is logged announcing the server's termination. 93In general, a non-fatal error is handled by ignoring the event that caused 94it (e.g. an invalid Ethernet address in the config file causes that line 95to be invalidated). 96.Pp 97The following signals have the specified effect when sent to the server 98process using the 99.Xr kill 1 100command: 101.Bl -tag -width SIGUSR1 -offset -compact 102.It SIGHUP 103Drop all active connections and reconfigure. 104.It SIGUSR1 105Turn on debugging, do nothing if already on. 106.It SIGUSR2 107Turn off debugging, do nothing if already off. 108.El 109.Sh "FILES" 110.Bl -tag -width /usr/libexec/rbootd -compact 111.It /dev/bpf# 112packet-filter device 113.It /etc/rbootd.conf 114configuration file 115.It /tmp/rbootd.dbg 116debug output 117.It /usr/mdec/rbootd 118directory containing boot files 119.It /var/run/rbootd.pid 120process id 121.El 122.Sh SEE ALSO 123.Xr kill 1 , 124.Xr socket 2 , 125.Xr signal 3 , 126.Xr syslog 3 , 127.Xr rmp 4 128.Sh BUGS 129If multiple servers are started on the same interface, each will receive 130and respond to the same boot packets. 131