bootpd linux command

bootpd

bootpd [options] [configfile [dumpfile] ]

TCP/IP command. Internet Boot Protocol server. bootpd normally is run by /etc/inetd by including the following line in the file /etc/inetd.conf:

This causes bootpd to be started only when a boot request arrives. It may also be started in standalone mode, from the command line. Upon startup, bootpd first reads its configuration file, /etc/bootptab (or the configfile listed on the command line), then begins listening for BOOTREQUEST packets.

bootpd looks in /etc/services to find the port numbers it should use. Two entries are extracted: bootps -- the bootp server listening port -- and bootpc -- the destination port used to reply to clients.

If bootpd is compiled with the -DDEBUG option, receipt of a SIGUSR1 signal causes it to dump its memory-resident database to the file /etc/bootpd.dump or the command-line specified dumpfile.

Options

-c directory

Force bootpd to work in directory.

-d level

Specify the debugging level. Omitting level will increment the level by 1.

-t timeout

Specify a timeout value in minutes. A timeout value of 0 means wait forever.

Configuration file

The bootpd configuration file has a format in which two-character, case-sensitive tag symbols are used to represent host parameters. These parameter declarations are separated by colons. The general format is:

where hostname is the name of a bootp client and tg is a tag symbol. The currently recognized tags are listed next.

Tags

There is also a generic tag, Tn, where n is an RFC 1048 vendor field tag number. Generic data may be represented as either a stream of hexadecimal numbers or as a quoted string of ASCII characters.