bootparamd(1M)

NAME
     bootparamd - boot parameter server

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/etc/rpc.bootparamd [-d] [-i]

DESCRIPTION
     bootparamd is a server process that provides information to diskless
     clients necessary for booting.  It consults the bootparams database.  If
     the client is not found there, or if the network information service
     (NIS) is not running, then the /etc/bootparams file is consulted.

     bootparamd can be invoked either by inetd(1M) or by the user.

OPTIONS
     -d   Display the debugging information.

     -i   Ignore inter-domain ``whoami'' requests.  If instances of ypserv(1M)
          on directly connected networks are invoked with the -i option, and
          if hosts in the local NIS domain have primary hostnames formed by
          concatenating a name containing no periods, a period, and the NIS
          domain name, use -i with bootparamd.

NOTES
     In the absence of -i, instances of bootparamd in different domains may
     receive a ``whoami'' broadcast, consult NIS to find the requester's
     hostname by its address, receive the answer from a different domain
     (owing to ypserv -i), and reply with the wrong domain name.

FILES
     /etc/bootparams

SEE ALSO
     bootparams(4), inetd(1M), ypserv(1M)