bootparamd is a server process that provides information to diskless clients necessary for booting. It consults the file “
/etc/bootparams”. It should normally be started from “
/etc/rc”.
This version will allow the use of aliases on the hostname in the “
/etc/bootparams” file. The hostname returned in response to the booting client's whoami request will be the name that appears in the config file, not the canonical name. In this way you can keep the answer short enough so that machines that cannot handle long hostnames won't fail during boot.
While parsing, if a line containing just ``+'' is found, and the YP subsystem is active, the YP map
bootparams will be searched immediately.