To successfully start bootpd, you must have a current and correct configuration
file for it. The default file is /etc/bootptab but you may use an alternate configuration file
by specifying its POSIX file name on the command line. Without this
configuration file, bootpd will not be able to service BOOTP requests.
You can run bootpd under the Internet daemon only. You may not run
it as a standalone server.
Starting bootpd Under inetd |
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If you are running bootpd with inetd, make certain that you have edited the inetd configuration file as explained earlier in this
chapter. There is no special step required of you to start bootpd: When the Internet daemon is running, it will
automatically invoke bootpd when it gets a connection request for that service.
To find out how to start inetd, refer to Chapter 2 “Internet Daemon”
Command Line Options for bootpd |
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You can change the way that bootpd operates by entering the bootpd command followed by one of the command line options.
For example:
:BOOTPD.NET.SYS -d
The options available to you are explained below.
- Option
Purpose
- -t
Changes the timeout value for bootpd. The BOOTP daemon starts when the first BOOTP request arrives. If no other boot request arrives
within the default period of 15 minutes, bootpd ends. If you specify a timeout of 0 minutes, the
server will not die until you abort JINETD or JINETD ends in an error state.
- -d
Sets the verbosity level for the logging messages generated
by bootpd.
- configfile
The configuration file bootpd reads to get configuration information, expressed
in HFS syntax. By default, bootpd uses /etc/bootptab.
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