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NAME
       admclient - manage operating system clients

SYNOPSIS
       admclient -o add -r release [ -S server ] [ -b bootstrap ] [ -h
                 homedirectory ] [ -k kernel ] [ -s swapsize ] hostname
                 ...

       admclient -o delete -r release [ -p ] hostname ...

       admclient -o list [ -qv ] [ hostname ...  ]

       admclient -o modify -r release [ -b bootstrap ] hostname ...

       admclient -o set -r release [ -S server ] hostname ...

DESCRIPTION
       The admclient command is run on the server machine to manage client
       machines that are served by the server.  A client is any machine
       which gets operating system software from another machine.  Disk
       areas are set aside on the server for use by the clients and
       configuration files within those areas are initialized for correct
       use by the clients.  Database entries are made on the server to keep
       track of the state and configuration of each client.

   Operations
       add       Add an OS client to a release area on the server by
                 creating the client's directory structure, client database
                 table entries, and updating files accessible to the client.
                 A client may be added to more than one release.  The client
                 must be added to the hosts database (using admhost(1M)) and
                 the ethers database (using admether(1M)) before being added
                 as a client.

       delete    Remove an OS client from a release area on the server by
                 updating the server's database and optionally removing the
                 disk areas allocated for the client.

       list      Display information about all or selected OS clients.

       modify    Change the bootstrap file used for an OS client.

       set       Change the release area in which an OS client will boot.
                 The release area name can be specified as ``-none-'' to
                 keep a client from booting from any release area.

   Options
       -b bootstrap
                 The pathname of the bootstrap file.  The default bootstrap
                 file is /usr/stand/boot.aviion.

       -h homedirectory
                 The directory in which users' home directories will be
                 placed.  If not the special value ``none'', the directory



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                 will be created on the server and exported to the client.

       -k kernel The pathname of the kernel file.  The default kernel file
                 for the PRIMARY release area is
                 /srv/release/PRIMARY/root/Kernels/dgux.diskless.

       -p        Preserve the client's root directory structure when
                 deleting a client.

       -q        Quiet.  Omit header lines from the output of the list
                 operation.

       -r release
                 The name of the release area.  Clients may be associated
                 with more than one release area; this identifies which
                 instance of the client that is to be affected.

       -s swapsize
                 The size of the swap area to create for the client.  The
                 default value is 16m.

       -S server The name of the server machine as known to the client.
                 This defaults to the default host name as returned by the
                 hostname(1) command.

       -v        Verbose.  Include header lines in the output of the list
                 operation.  This option is enabled by default.

OUTPUT
       If a particular client name or list of client names is provided to
       the list operation, the output includes the following: client host
       name, release area name, root directory, swap file, swap size, boot
       file, and kernel file.

       If no hostnames or the keyword ``all'' is specified, the output
       includes each client name and release area.  Unless the -q option is
       used, header line is produced.

FILES
       /srv/release/PRIMARY/root/_Kernels/dgux.diskless
                                     The default kernel file.

       /usr/stand/boot.aviion        The default bootstrap file.

       /home                         The default for the home directory
                                     pathname.

       /tftpboot                     Directory containing bootstrap file
                                     links for each client.

DIAGNOSTICS
   Warnings
        -     A database file could not be updated.




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   Errors
        -     A prototype file was missing.

        -     The host name is not recognized.

   Exit Codes
        0     The operation was successful.

        1     The operation was unsuccessful.

        2     The operation failed due to access restrictions.  The add,
              delete, modify, and set operations can only be used by the
              superuser.

        3     There was an error in the command line.

SEE ALSO
       admether(1M), admhost(1M), admrelease(1M), sysadm(1M).







































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