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bootservers - NIS bootservers file

SYNOPSIS

/etc/bootservers

AVAILABILITY

Available only on Sun 386i systems running a SunOS 4.0.x release or earlier. Not a SunOS 4.1 release feature.

DESCRIPTION

The bootservers file is an ASCII file that resides in the /etc directory on the Network Information Service (NIS) master server. The file contains basic information about each host providing boot services for clients on the network. This file contains a one-line entry for each boot server, where each field must be separated by a TAB character:

system type client_limit swap_size tmp_size root_minfree swap_minfree

The entries in the file have the following descriptions:

system: is the name of a boot server. This field contains only lowercase and numeric characters, must start with a lower-case character, and must not be longer than 32 characters.
type: Currently, the only legal value is 3.
client_limit: indicates the maximum number of diskless clients the server is willing to accept.
swap_size: default swap size per client (in kilobytes).
tmp_size: default tmp size per client (in kilobytes).
root_minfree: minimum amount of disk space in the server's client-root partition after a client is added (in kilobytes).
swap_minfree: minimum amount of disk space in the server's client-swap partition after a client is added (in kilobytes).

EXAMPLE

Here is a sample bootservers file entry:

polaris  3   2  16000   8000    40000   0

FILES

/etc/bootservers

NOTES

The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP). The functionality of the two remains the same; only the name has changed. The name Yellow Pages is a registered trademark in the United Kingdom of British Telecommunications plc, and may not be used without permission.