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.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)