rarpd(1M)rarpd(1M)NAMErarpd - Reverse Address Resolution Protocol daemon
SYNOPSIS
config_file] [interface_name]
DESCRIPTION
the Reverse Address Resolution Protocol daemon, implements the server
portion of the Reverse Address Resolution Protocol [1]. It responds to
RARP requests providing the requested client IP address. Rarpd can be
started during boot-time initialization. To do so, set the variable
with in
Options are:
Print debugging information.
Use the specified
config_file database instead of
interface_name Respond to requests over just this interface.
The configuration file database contains hardware address to IP address
mappings. Other than comment lines (which begin with a '#') and blank
lines, all lines are considered client entries. A client entry is of
the form:
hardware_address WHITE_SPACE ip_address
where hardware_address consists of (colon-separated hexadecimal bytes,
and ip_address consists of (dot-seperated decimal bytes. For example:
#
# hardware addr IP addr
#
# ethernet clients
08:00:09:26:ec:19 15.13.136.68
08:00:09:17:0a:93 15.13.136.74
#
# 100VG clients
08:00:09:63:5d:f5 190.20.30.103
#
# FDDI clients
08:00:09:09:53:4c 192.20.30.98
There must be exactly 6 hardware address bytes. There must be exactly
4 protocol address bytes.
The following signals have the specified effect when sent to the
process using the kill(1) command:
Causes server to read the config file and reload database.
Dumps current data base and cache to
RETURN VALUE
Exit status is 1 if the command fails, and error messages are written
to stderr and/or syslog. Typically, the daemon will continue answering
requests until externally interrupted.
LIMITATIONS
1. The daemon supports only ethernet, 100VG and FDDI network inter‐
faces.
2. The daemon supports only 4 byte Internet Protocol addresses.
3. The and programs cannot be run on the same interface at the same
time.
AUTHOR
was developed by HP.
SEE ALSOrarpc(1M).
[1] R. Finlayson, T. Mann, J.C. Mogul, M. Theimer, "Reverse Address
Resolution Protocol", RFC 903.
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