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diff --git a/man/8/bootpd b/man/8/bootpd new file mode 100644 index 00000000..47e74c09 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/8/bootpd @@ -0,0 +1,163 @@ +.TH BOOTPD 8 +.SH NAME +bootpd, tftpd \- Internet booting +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B ip/bootpd +[ +.B -dsq +] [ +.BI -f " dbfile" +] [ +.BI -x " network" +] +.PP +.B ip/tftpd +.RB [ -dr ] +[ +.BI -p " port" +] [ +.BI -h " homedir" +] [ +.BI -x " network" +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Bootpd +listens for Internet BOOTP requests and broadcasts a suitable reply +to each request that matches an entry +in the network database +.I dbfile +(default: +.BR /lib/ndb/local ). +The BOOTP protocol is typically used by a remote system as it boots, to obtain its Internet address +and other configuration data such as the addresses of servers +(see for instance the +.B bootp +file in +.IR ip (3)). +.PP +.I Dbfile +is in +.IR ndb (6) +format, as interpreted by +.IR attrdb (2). +.I Bootpd +uses the following attributes: +.TF ipmask +.TP +.B auth +authentication server name or address +.TP +.B bootf +name of the client's boot file +.TP +.B dom +fully-qualified domain name +.TP +.B ether +hardware (MAC) address; only Ethernet is supported +.TP +.B fs +file server name or address +.TP +.B ip +client's Internet address +.TP +.B ipgw +gateway from client's subnet (IP address) +.TP +.B ipmask +subnet mask +.TP +.B ipnet +network name +.TP +.B sys +system name (client identifier) +.PD +.PP +.I Bootpd +replies to an incoming request only if its hardware address matches the value of the +.B ether +attribute of an entry in +.I dbfile . +If found, the reply contains all the other requested data that is contained in the entry; +if an item is missing, it is sought in the entries for successively higher networks (described by +.B ipnet +entries) that contain the requesting system's address. +The `vendor specific' part of the reply conveys the file server and authentication server addresses +to Inferno clients. +Before answering a request, +.I bootpd +rereads +.I dbfile +if it has changed since last read. +.PP +The +.B -s +option causes +.I bootpd +to sniff the network for BOOTP traffic and print it, but not reply. +The +.B -d +option prints debugging information; giving it twice prints even more. +The +.B -x +option tells +.I bootpd +to use a +.I network +other than +.BR /net . +Currently +.I bootpd +prints a message to standard output each time it replies; the +.B -q +option keeps it quiet. +.PP +.I Tftpd +is mainly used to send kernels and configuration files to machines booting from the network. +It listens for incoming TFTP file transfer requests on the given UDP +.I port +(default: 69) and responds by sending or receiving a file as requested. +.I Homedir +is the current directory for transfers, +.B /services/tftpd +by default, +and requests that use a relative path name refer to files in or below that directory. +If the +.B -r +option is given, absolute path names are also restricted to +.IR homedir . +.I Tftpd +runs as +.B none +(the least privileged user) and can send only files with general read permission, or write files +that are generally writable. +Normally +.I tftpd +uses the network directory +.BR /net , +but another can be specified with the +.B -x +option. +The +.B -d +option prints a debugging trace on standard output. +.SH FILES +.TF /services/tftpd/xxxxx +.TP +.B /lib/ndb/local +network configuration file +.TP +.B /services/tftpd +default directory for relative pathnames +.SH SOURCE +.B /appl/cmd/ip/bootpd.b +.br +.B /appl/cmd/ip/tftpd.b +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR attrdb (2), +.IR ip (3), +.IR ndb (6), +.IR cs (8), +.IR dns (8) |
