From d91161eb163c16408202a91b4325a3381ab33752 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Li xin Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 17:55:31 +0900 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] rarpd.8 : add man file Signed-off-by: Li Xin --- rarpd.8 | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+) create mode 100644 rarpd.8 diff --git a/rarpd.8 b/rarpd.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ce7bd70 --- /dev/null +++ b/rarpd.8 @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +.TH RARP 8 "7 April 2000" "rarpd" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +rarpd \- Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP) daemon +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B "rarpd [-aAvde] [-b bootdir ] [ interface ]" +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B Rarpd +is a daemon which responds to RARP requests. +RARP is used by some machines at boot time to discover their IP address. +They provide their Ethernet address and +.B rarpd +responds with their IP address if it finds it in the ethers database +(either +.I /etc/ethers +file or NIS+ lookup) and using DNS lookup if ethers database +contains a hostname and not an IP address. +By default +.B rarpd +also checks if a bootable image with a name starting with the IP address +in hexadecimal uppercase letters is present in the TFTP boot directory +(usually +.I /tftpboot +) before it decides to respond to the RARP request. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \-a +Do not bind to the interface. +.TP +.B \-A +Respond to ARP as well as RARP requests. +.TP +.B \-v +Tell the user what is going on by being verbose. +.TP +.B \-d +Debugging mode. Do not detach from the tty. +.TP +.B \-e +Skip the check for bootable image in the TFTP boot directory. If not +present, then even if the Ethernet address is present in +the ethers database but the bootable image for the resolved IP does not exist, +.B rarpd +will not respond to the request. +.TP +.B "\-b bootdir" +Use +.I bootdir +instead of the default +.I /tftpboot +as the TFTP boot directory for bootable image checks. +.SH OBSOLETES +This +.B rarpd +obsoletes kernel +.B rarp +daemon present in Linux kernels up to 2.2 which was controlled by the +rarp(8) command. +.SH FILES +.I /etc/ethers, +.br +.I /etc/nsswitch.conf, +.br +.I /tftpboot +.SH SEE ALSO +ethers(5) +.SH AUTHORS +Alexey Kuznetsov, +.br +Jakub Jelinek, -- 1.8.4.2