\" ----------------------------------------------------- \" | Copyright MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. All Rights | \" | Reserved. | \" ----------------------------------------------------- \" %Q% %M% %I% .TH BFSD 8 "September 15, 1986" .ds ]W MIPS Computer Systems .SH NAME bfsd \- boot file system server .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .ft B /etc/bfsd \-d \f2directory\f1 [\-u \f2username\f1 ] [\-g \f2groupname\f1 ] [\-i \f2interface\f1 ] .ft R .SH DESCRIPTION .PP .I 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. .PP The following command line arguments are supported. .TP .B \-d \f2directory\f1 Specifies the directory which the .I bfsd should consider its home. .I Bfsd does a .I chdir(2) to that directory, and uses it as the root for all relative pathnames found in incoming requests. .TP .B \-u \f2username\f1 Attempt to run as the specified user. Typically this would be the user that owns the directory specified in the .B \-d option. .TP .B \-g \f2groupname\f1 Attempt to run as a member of the specified group. Typically this would be the user that owns the directory specified in the .B \-d option. .TP .B \-i \f2interface\f1 Specifies a directly connected network interface, such as .I enp0. .SH SEE ALSO bfs(4P) .SH BUGS .I Bfsd should be started by the .I inetd(8), rather than operating independently. The packet types related to the data write facility of the protocol are not implemented.