NAME

bootservers − NIS bootservers file

SYNOPSIS

/etc/bootservers

AVAILABILITY

Available only on Sun 386i systems running a SunOS 4.0.x release or earlier.  Not a SunOS 4.1 release feature. 

DESCRIPTION

The bootservers file is an ASCII file that resides in the /etc directory on the Network Information Service (NIS) master server.  The file contains basic information about each host providing boot services for clients on the network.  This file contains a one-line entry for each boot server, where each field must be separated by a TAB character:

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 longer than 32 characters. 

type Currently, the only legal value is 3. 

client_limit indicates the maximum number of diskless clients the server is willing to accept. 

swap_size default swap size per client (in kilobytes). 

tmp_size default tmp size per client (in kilobytes). 

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

swap_minfree
minimum amount of disk space 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

System and Network Administration,
Sun386i Advanced Administration

NOTES

The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP).  The functionality of the two remains the same; only the name has changed.  The name Yellow Pages is a registered trademark in the United Kingdom of British Telecommunications plc, and may not be used without permission. 

Sun Release 4.1  —  Last change: 25 September 1989