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5 Booting a RIS Client
5.1
Remote Boot Files and Daemons ...................................
5–1
5.1.1
The Internet Daemon and Configuration File ............... 5–2
5.1.2
The BOOTP Daemon ............................................
5–2
5.1.3
The /etc/bootptab File ............................................
5–2
5.1.4
The tftpd Daemon ................................................
5–4
5.2
Remote Boot Process Flow ........................................... 5–4
6 Managing RIS Clients and Environments
6.1
Preregistration Tasks ................................................
6–1
6.1.1
Obtaining Information About Each Client ................... 6–1
6.1.2
Registering Client Host Names and IP Addresses .......... 6–2
6.2
Adding a RIS Client with the ris Utility .......................... 6–2
6.3
Adding a RIS Client from the Command Line ................... 6–7
6.4
Modifying RIS Clients ................................................
6–7
6.5
Removing RIS Clients ................................................
6–9
6.6
Listing Registered RIS Clients ..................................... 6–10
6.7
Listing Products in RIS Server Areas ............................. 6–11
6.8
Deleting Products from RIS Server Areas ........................ 6–12
6.9
Correcting RIS Gateways File Entries ............................ 6–13
7 Managing RIS Profile Sets
7.1
Overview ...............................................................
7–1
7.2
Creating Profile Sets ................................................. 7–2
7.3
Registering Clients for Profile Sets ................................ 7–3
7.4
Converting Old Configuration Description Files ................. 7–5
7.5
Determining RIS Client Profile Set Registration ................ 7–6
7.6
Removing RIS Client Profile Set Registration ................... 7–6
7.7
Deleting Profile Sets from the RIS Server ........................ 7–6
8 Troubleshooting RIS
8.1
RIS Lock Files ......................................................... 8–1
8.2
Client Password Expiration ......................................... 8–2
8.3
Root File System Mounting ......................................... 8–2
8.4
RIS Client Registration .............................................. 8–2
8.4.1
No Prompt for Client Hardware Address ..................... 8–3
8.4.2
Duplicate Client Hardware Addresses ........................ 8–3
8.4.3
Cloned Client Registration ..................................... 8–4
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