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25 .Nd reverse ARP daemon
38 utility services Reverse ARP requests on the Ethernet connected to
40 Upon receiving a request,
42 maps the target hardware address to an IP address via its name, which
43 must be present in both the
48 If a host does not exist in both databases, the translation cannot
49 proceed and a reply will not be sent.
51 By default, a request is honored only if the server
55 can "boot" the target; that is, a file or directory matching the glob
56 .Pa /tftpboot/\fIipaddr\fP*
59 is the target IP address in hex.
60 For example, the IP address 204.216.27.18 will be replied to if any of
61 .Pa /tftpboot/CCD81B12 ,
62 .Pa /tftpboot/CCD81B12.SUN3 ,
64 .Pa /tftpboot/CCD81B12-boot
66 This requirement can be overridden with the
72 forks a copy of itself and runs in the background.
73 Anomalies and errors are reported via
76 The following options are available:
77 .Bl -tag -width indent
79 Listen on all the Ethernets attached to the system.
82 is omitted, an interface must be specified.
95 Run in the foreground.
97 Supply a response to any RARP request for which an ethernet to IP address
98 mapping exists; do not depend on the existence of
99 .Pa /tftpboot/\fIipaddr\fP* .
101 Supply an alternate tftp root directory to
109 to selectively respond to RARP requests, but use an alternate directory
112 Enable verbose syslogging.
115 .Bl -tag -width /etc/ethers -compact
127 .%T "RFC 903: Reverse Address Resolution Protocol"
133 .An Craig Leres Aq leres@ee.lbl.gov
135 .An Steven McCanne Aq mccanne@ee.lbl.gov .
136 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
140 utility can depend on the DNS to resolve the name discovered from
142 If this name is not in the DNS but is in
144 the DNS lookup can cause a delayed RARP response, so in this situation
145 it is recommended to configure