BFSD(1Mspp)         RISC/os Reference Manual          BFSD(1Mspp)



NAME
     bfsd - boot file system daemon

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/bfsd -d directory [-u username ] [-g groupname ] [-i interface ]

DESCRIPTION
     bfsd provides remote file access based on the SOCK_DGRAM
     networking interface to client systems.  Typical uses
     include bringing in bootable images to a diskless network
     node.

     The following command line arguments are supported.

     -d directory
          Specifies the directory that the bfsd should consider
          its home.  bfsd does a chdir(2) to that directory, and
          uses it as the root for all relative pathnames found in
          incoming requests.

     -u username
          Attempt to run as the specified user.  Typically this
          would be the user that owns the directory specified in
          the -d option.

     -g groupname
          Attempt to run as a member of the specified group.
          Typically this would be the user that owns the direc-
          tory specified in the -d option.

     -i interface
          Specifies a directly connected network interface, such
          as enp0.

SEE ALSO
     bfs(7P)

BUGS
     bfsd should be started manually or by an rc2.d script.  The
     packet types related to the data write facility of the pro-
     tocol are not implemented.














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