NAME

bootservers - YP bootservers file

SYNOPSIS

/etc/bootservers

DESCRIPTION

The bootservers file is an ASCII file that resides in the /etc directory on the YP master server.  The file contains basic information about each host which provides boot services for clients on the network.  This file contains a one-line entry for each boot server, of the following form, where each field MUST be seperated by a single tab: system  type  client_limit  swap_size  tmp_size  root_minfree  swap_minfree

The entries in the file have the following descriptions:

system is the name of a boot server.  This field contains only lowercase and numeric characters, must start with a lower-case character, and must not be more than 32 characters in length. 

type Currently, the only legal value is 3. 

client_limit
indicates the maximum number of diskless clients the server will accept. This is only checked the first time each diskless client asks the server to provide boot services.

swap_size default swap size per client (in kilobytes). 

tmp_size default /tmp size assumed needed by client (in kilobytes). 

root_minfree
minimum amount of disk space that must remain in the server’s client-root partition after a client is added (in kilobytes).

swap_minfree
minimum amount of disk space that must remain in the server’s client-swap partition after a client is added (in kilobytes).

EXAMPLE

Here is a sample bootservers file entry:

polaris  3   2  16000   8000    40000   0

FILES

/etc/bootservers

SEE ALSO

pnpd(8C) System and Network Administration Sun386i Advanced Administration

BUGS

This information should not be maintained in YP because it prevents system administrators from establishing their own policies. 
 

Sun Release 4.0  —  Last change: 14 July 1989