Solaris

I'm running a Solaris 9 box with Oracle databases on it.

I'm getting the following messages in my /var/adm/messages log

"Jun 24 12:30:32 sundb01 bootpd[3260]: [ID 872878 daemon.notice] IP address not found: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"

...where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is DHCP IP addresses of Windows 2000 workstations in the organisation. The workstations are getting the addresses from a Novell DHCP server.

Does anyone know why I'm getting these messages?

If you are running HP JetAdmin or HP JetDirect, then check your /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services for bootps - disable if you don't need it. You will see bootpd processes running with ps -ef|grep bootpd - you would need to kill them also if not needed. On versions 2.5.1 and above of the Solaris[TM] Operating System with HP JetAdmin or HP JetDirect printing software installed it is possible that BOOTP will have been configured. In most cases this service is not desired and may cause errors similar to what you are seeing in the /var/adm/messages file.

Thanks RTM

I did what you said and it solved the problem. GREAT!!!