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3. Use the following command to find the process IDs for the Internet
daemons. You see output similar to the following:
# ps x | grep -E "inetd|bootpd"
228 ?? I 0:00.93 /usr/sbin/inetd
243 ?? I 0:00.91 /usr/sbin/bootpd
9134 p2 S 0:00.23 grep -E inetd|bootpd
4. Send a HUP (hangup) signal to the inetd daemon so it will reread the
/etc/inetd.conf configuration file and kill the bootpd daemon.
You must kill the inetd daemon before you kill the bootpd daemon.
Using the process IDs you identified in the previous step, issue the
following kill commands:
# kill -HUP 228
# kill -KILL 243
It is not necessary to restart the bootpd daemon manually; the inetd
daemon starts it automatically.
To track boot requests as they occur, run the tail −f command on the
/var/adm/syslog.dated/today’s-date /daemon.log file and boot the
client. Many daemons other than the bootpd daemon log information to
the daemon.log file; however, the log file shows a hardware address that
matches the address in the /etc/bootptab file for the client.
If the client’s boot requests are not logged, you can enable additional logging
by editing the /etc/inetd.conf file, and add a second −d option to the
bootpd command. Each additional instance (up to three) of the −d option
increases reporting; the second instance enables the server to report all boot
requests, even for client systems it does not recognize. This level of reporting
should help you determine where in the system the request is being lost.
If you modify the /etc/inetd.conf file, restart the inetd daemon by
sending it a HUP signal. Example 8–1 shows a section of a daemon.log file.
It shows the data logged by various system daemons, including the bootpd
daemon when run with two −d flags set.
Example 8–1: Sample daemon.log File
Jul 28 14:56:36 stlouis mountd[191]: startup
Jul 28 14:56:38 stlouis xntpd[235]: xntpd version 1.3
1
Jul 28 14:56:43 stlouis mold[269]: mold (V1.10) initialization complete
Jul 28 14:56:44 stlouis evd[272]: E003-evd (V1.10) initialization complete
Jul 28 14:56:45 stlouis internet_mom[275]: internet_mom - Initialization
complete...
Jul 28 14:56:45 stlouis snmp_pe[278]: M004 - snmp_pe (V1.10) initialization
complete
Jul 28 16:34:55 stlouis inetd[282]: /usr/sbin/bootpd: exit status 0x9
2
Jul 28 16:35:47 stlouis bootpd[1228]: bootpd 2.1a #0: \ 3
Fri Feb 04 00:32:28 EST 2000
Jul 28 16:35:47 stlouis bootpd[1228]: reading "/etc/bootptab"
Troubleshooting RIS 8–7