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Starting bootpd
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
If you are running bootpd with inetd, make certain that you have editd
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,
read Chapter 2.
Command line options for bootpd
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.