Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (MPE/iX 6.5)

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BOOTP Service
The bootpd Configuration File
Editing Tips
When you are updating the bootpd configuration file, keep the
following points in mind:
• Client’s hostname must be the first field of an entry.
• If you specify an ht tag, it must precede the ha and hm tags.
• If you specify the gw tag, you must also specify the sm tag.
• IP addresses listed for a single tag must be separated by a space.
• A single client entry can be extended over multiple lines if you use a
backslash (\) at the end of each line.
• Blank lines and lines that begin with the pound sign (#) are ignored.
A relay entry can contain relay parameters for an individual system or
for a group of systems. If a BOOTP client does not have an individual
entry in the bootpd configuration file, bootpd searches the group relay
entries and uses the first group relay entry that matches the BOOTP
client.
to=offset Specifies the client’s time zone offset in seconds from UTC. The time
offset can be either a signed decimal integer or the keyword auto
which uses the server’s time zone offset.
ts=ip_address_list Specifies the IP address of one or more RFC868 Time Protocol
servers.
vm=magic-cookie Specifies the RFC1048 vendor information magic cookie, magic-cookie
can be one of the following keywords: auto, indicating that vendor
information is determined by the client’s request, rfc1048, which
always forces an RFC1048-style reply, or cmu, which always forces a
CMU-style reply.
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