BOOTSRV.CONF(5N)        COMMAND REFERENCE        BOOTSRV.CONF(5N)



NAME
     bootsrv.conf - boot server configuration file

DESCRIPTION
     The file /etc/bootsrv.conf contains the host-specific and
     default download file specifications used by the boot server
     (see /etc/bootsrvd(8n)).  Comment lines begin with ``#''.
     The format of each non-comment file entry is:

     Hostaddr  ID expr.  load file #comment (optional)

     ``Hostaddr'' is the requesting node's Internet address, or
     ``*'' for a default file specification.
     ``ID expr.'' is a regular expression (<20 characters) used
     to match the requesting node's ID.
     ``load file'' is the full path name (<256 characters) of the
     download file.  All fields are separated by spaces or tabs.

     A host-specific download file is associated with the
     Internet address given in the first field of the line.  When
     a boot request is received from a remote station at that
     Internet address, the specified load file is then
     transferred to the remote station.

     If the boot server cannot find a host-specific download file
     for a remote station, then the list of default file
     specifications is searched.  For each default file
     specified, the ID regular expression is compared with the ID
     string in the boot request.  When a match is found, the
     associated default file is transferred to the remote
     station.

     A default download file is specified with ``*'' in the
     hostaddr field, and a valid regular expression in the ID
     expr. field.  For default load files, the ID expression must
     not be ``*'', but must include the machine family (e.g.,
     ``6100'', ``61.*'').  Default file specifications should be
     ordered from most-specific to least-specific.

FILES
     /usr/lib/bootsrv         This is the directory in which the
                              boot server builds its database
                              files.  The ``boot_conf'' file in
                              this directory is a working copy of
                              the information contained in
                              ``/etc/bootsrv.conf''.

EXAMPLES
     The following entry will associate the download file
     ``/u/joeuser/myloadfile'' with the remote station at
     201.123.234.255.




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     201.123.234.255     *    /u/joeuser/myloadfile

     The follow default file specification will cause the file
     ``/diags/diags_os.lan'' to be transferred to 6130 System
     workstations.

     *              61.* /diags/diags_os.lan

CAVEATS
     If the configuration file is moved or deleted, the boot
     server will die.  To change the information in the
     configuration file, edit a temporary copy of the
     information, then either copy or move this file into the
     configuration file.

SEE ALSO
     bootsrvd(8n).






































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