Reference

bootptab(5)

Internet Bootstrap Protocol server database

NAME

bootptab – Internet Bootstrap Protocol server database

DESCRIPTION

The file /etc/bootptab contains a list of host entries used by bootpd (see bootpd(8)) to associate a hardware address with a particular IP address.

The bootptab file contains two sections. The two sections are separated by a single line containing just "%%". The first section is ignored. The second section contains host entries, one host per line. The format of the line is:

hostname     hwtype     hwaddr     ipaddr     bootfile

EXAMPLES

Here is an example /etc/bootptab:

#
# bootptab example
#
%%
# machine entries have the following format:
# 
# hostname      hwtype  hwaddr              ipaddr          bootfile
client1         1       00:01:02:03:04:05   10.0.0.20       boot0
client2         1       00:a0:b2:ef:ff:0a   10.0.0.20       boot

SEE ALSO

xinetd(8), tftpd(8), netinfo(5), exports(5)

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