Skip to Main Content
Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition
book

Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Aaron Weber
June 2003
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
944 pages
43h 1m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Content preview from Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

Name

bootpd

Synopsis

                  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:

                  bootps dgram udp wait root /etc/bootpd bootpd

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 dumpfile specified on the command line.

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:

                  hostname:tg
                  =
                  value:tg
                  =
                  value:tg
                  =
                  value

where hostname is the name of a bootp client and tg is a tag symbol. ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
Linux in Action

Linux in Action

David Clinton
Hands-On System Programming with Linux

Hands-On System Programming with Linux

Kaiwan N. Billimoria, Tigran Aivazian
Embedded Linux for Developers

Embedded Linux for Developers

Alexandru Vaduva, Alex González, Chris Simmonds

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0596004826