From c2f2394fba1c844b0d20931e00e4776fe91e6784 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fenner Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 20:42:09 +0000 Subject: Make the man page reflect reality. Add BUGS section about DNS. Logging cleanups (including logging the requestor's MAC address instead of the server's). --- usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8 | 20 ++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8') diff --git a/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8 b/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8 index 1ad523b..459db1f 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" @(#) $Header: rarpd.8,v 1.3 93/07/19 19:34:24 leres Exp $ (LBL) +.\" @(#) $Header: /home/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/rarpd/rarpd.8,v 1.4 1996/11/19 23:57:05 wpaul Exp $ (LBL) .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of .\" California. All rights reserved. @@ -39,21 +39,24 @@ rarpd \- Reverse ARP Daemon services Reverse ARP requests on the Ethernet connected to .I interface. Upon receiving a request, -.Irarpd +.I rarpd maps the target hardware address to an IP address via its name, which must be present in both the .I ethers(5) and .I hosts(5) databases. -If a host does not exist in both databses, the translation cannot +If a host does not exist in both databases, the translation cannot proceed and a reply will not be sent. Additionally, a request is honored only if the server (i.e., the host that rarpd is running on) -can "boot" the target; that is, if the directory -/tftpboot/\fIipaddr\fP -exists, where \fIipaddr\fP is the target IP address. +can "boot" the target; that is, a file or directory matching the glob +/tftpboot/\fIipaddr\fP* +exists, where \fIipaddr\fP is the target IP address in hex. +For example, the IP address 204.216.27.18 will be replied to if any of +/tftpboot/CCD81B12, /tftpboot/CCD81B12.SUN3, or /tftpboot/CCD81B12-boot +exist. In normal operation, .I rarpd @@ -90,3 +93,8 @@ Craig Leres (leres@ee.lbl.gov) and Steven McCanne (mccanne@ee.lbl.gov). Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA. .SH BUGS +.I rarpd +can depend on the DNS to resolve the name discovered from /etc/ethers. +If this name is not in the DNS but is in /etc/hosts, the DNS lookup +can cause a delayed RARP response, so in this situation it is reccommended to +configure /etc/host.conf to read /etc/hosts first. -- cgit v1.1