in.rarpd

 

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 Maintenance Commands                                 in.rarpd(1M)
 
 
 


NAME
      in.rarpd, rarpd - DARPA Reverse Address Resolution  Protocol
      server
 


SYNOPSIS
      /usr/sbin/in.rarpd [ -d ]  -a
 
      /usr/sbin/in.rarpd [ -d ]  device  unit
 


DESCRIPTION
      in.rarpd starts a daemon that responds  to  Reverse  Address
      Resolution Protocol (RARP) requests. The daemon forks a copy
      of itself that runs in background. It must be run as root.
 
      RARP is used by machines at  boot  time  to  discover  their
      Internet Protocol (IP) address. The booting machine provides
      its Ethernet address in  a RARP request message.  Using  the
      ethers  and  hosts  databases,  in.rarpd  maps this Ethernet
      address into the corresponding  IP address which it  returns
      to  the booting machine in an  RARP reply message. The boot-
      ing machine must be listed in both databases for in.rarpd to
      locate  its   IP  address.  in.rarpd issues no reply when it
      fails to locate an  IP address.
 
      in.rarpd uses the  STREAMS-based Data Link  Provider  Inter-
      face   (DLPI)  message  set to communicate directly with the
      datalink device driver.
 


OPTIONS
      The following options are supported:
 
           -a    Get the list of available network interfaces from
                 IP using the  SIOCGIFADDR ioctl and start a  RARP
                 daemon process on each interface returned.
 
           -d    Print assorted debugging messages  while  execut-
                 ing.
 
 
 EXAMPLES
      Example 1: Starting An  in.rarpd  Daemon  For  Each  Network
      Interface Name Returned From  /dev/ip:
 
      The following command starts an  in.rarpd for  each  network
      interface name returned from  /dev/ip:
 
      example# /usr/sbin/in.rarpd -a
 
      Example 2: Starting An in.rarpd Daemon On The Device /dev/le
      With The Device Instance Number
       0
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 14 Sep 1992                    1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Maintenance Commands                                 in.rarpd(1M)
 
 
 
      The following command starts one   in.rarpd  on  the  device
      /dev/le with the device instance number  0.
 
      example# /usr/sbin/in.rarpd le 0
 


FILES
      /etc/ethers"
            File   or    other    source,    as    specified    by
            nsswitch.conf(4).
 
      /etc/hosts"
            File   or    other    source,    as    specified    by
            nsswitch.conf(4).
 
      /tftpboot
 
      /dev/ip"
 
      /dev/arp"
 


ATTRIBUTES
      See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
      butes:
 
      ____________________________________________________________
     |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
     | Availability                | SUNWcsu                     |
     |_____________________________|_____________________________|
 
 


SEE ALSO
      boot(1M), ifconfig(1M), ethers(4),  hosts(4),  netconfig(4),
      nsswitch.conf(4),attributes (5), dlpi(7P)
 
      Finlayson, R., Mann, T., Mogul, J.,  and  Theimer,  M.,  RFC
      903, A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol, Network Informa-
      tion Center, SRI International, June 1984.
 
      Unix International, Data Link Provider Interface, Version 2,
      May 7, 1991, Sun Microsystems, 800-6915-01.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SunOS 5.8           Last change: 14 Sep 1992                    2
 
 
 

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