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+.\" $NetBSD: rpc.bootparamd.8,v 1.17 2008/11/08 02:08:39 reed Exp $
+.\" @(#)bootparamd.8
+.Dd January 8, 1994
+.Dt RPC.BOOTPARAMD 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm bootparamd ,
+.Nm rpc.bootparamd
+.Nd boot parameter server
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl ds
+.Op Fl i Ar interface
+.Op Fl r Ar router
+.Op Fl f Ar file
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm
+is a server process that provides information to diskless clients
+necessary for booting. It consults the file
+.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams .
+It should normally be started from
+.Dq Pa /etc/rc .
+.Pp
+This version will allow the use of aliases on the hostname in the
+.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams
+file. The hostname returned in response to the booting client's whoami request
+will be the name that appears in the config file, not the canonical name.
+In this way you can keep the answer short enough
+so that machines that cannot handle long hostnames won't fail during boot.
+.Pp
+While parsing, if a line containing just ``+'' is found, and
+the YP subsystem is active, the YP map
+.Pa bootparams
+will be searched immediately.
+.Sh OPTIONS
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Fl d
+Display the debugging information. The daemon does not fork in this
+case.
+.It Fl i Ar interface
+Specify the interface to become the default router.
+.Nm
+picks the first IPv4 address it finds on the system by default.
+With
+.Fl i ,
+you can control which interface to be used to obtain the default router address.
+.Fl r
+overrides
+.Fl i .
+.It Fl s
+Log the debugging information with
+.Xr syslog 3 .
+.It Fl r
+Set the default router (a hostname or IP-address).
+This defaults to the machine running the server.
+.It Fl f
+Specify the file to use as boot parameter file instead of
+.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams .
+.El
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact
+.It Pa /etc/bootparams
+default configuration file
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr bootparams 5
+.Sh AUTHORS
+Originally written by
+.An Klas Heggemann
+.Aq klas@nada.kth.se .
+.Sh BUGS
+You may find the syslog messages too verbose.
+.Pp
+It's not clear if the non-canonical hack mentioned above is a good idea.