rarpd(1M)																 rarpd(1M)

NAME

       rarpd - Reverse Address Resolution Protocol daemon

SYNOPSIS

       config_file] [interface_name]

DESCRIPTION

       the  Reverse Address Resolution Protocol daemon, implements the server portion of the Reverse Address Resolution Protocol [1].  It responds
       to RARP requests providing the requested client IP address.  Rarpd can be started during boot-time initialization.  To do so, set the vari-
       able with in

       Options are:

	      Print debugging information.

	      Use the specified
			     config_file database instead of

	      interface_name Respond to requests over just this interface.

       The  configuration  file  database contains hardware address to IP address mappings.  Other than comment lines (which begin with a '#') and
       blank lines, all lines are considered client entries.  A client entry is of the form:

	      hardware_address WHITE_SPACE ip_address

       where hardware_address consists of (colon-separated hexadecimal bytes, and ip_address consists of (dot-seperated decimal bytes.	For  exam-
       ple:

	      #
	      # hardware addr	IP addr
	      #
	      #   ethernet clients
	      08:00:09:26:ec:19 15.13.136.68
	      08:00:09:17:0a:93 15.13.136.74
	      #
	      #   100VG clients
	      08:00:09:63:5d:f5 190.20.30.103
	      #
	      #   FDDI clients
	      08:00:09:09:53:4c 192.20.30.98

       There must be exactly 6 hardware address bytes.	There must be exactly 4 protocol address bytes.

       The following signals have the specified effect when sent to the process using the kill(1) command:

	      Causes server to read the config file and reload database.

	      Dumps current data base and cache to

RETURN VALUE

       Exit status is 1 if the command fails, and error messages are written to stderr and/or syslog.  Typically, the daemon will continue answer-
       ing requests until externally interrupted.

LIMITATIONS

       1. The daemon supports only ethernet, 100VG and FDDI network interfaces.

       2. The daemon supports only 4 byte Internet Protocol addresses.

       3. The and programs cannot be run on the same interface at the same time.

AUTHOR

       was developed by HP.

SEE ALSO

       rarpc(1M).

       [1] R. Finlayson, T. Mann, J.C. Mogul, M. Theimer, "Reverse Address Resolution Protocol", RFC 903.

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