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.\" @(#)pnpd.8c 1.1 94/10/31 SMI;
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.TH PNPD 8C "25 February 1988"
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.SH NAME
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pnpd \- PNP daemon
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B /usr/etc/rpc.pnpd
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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.LP
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Available only on Sun 386i systems running a SunOS 4.0.\fIx\fR
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release or earlier. Not a SunOS 4.1 release feature.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.IX "pnpd command" "" "\fLpnpd\fP \(em PNP daemon"
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.IX servers pnpd "" "\fLpnpd\fP \(em PNP daemon"
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.LP
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.B pnpd
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is used during routine booting of systems to determine their network
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configuration, and by new systems to configure themselves on a network.
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.B pnpd
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adds and removes diskless clients of the boot server on which it is
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running.
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The
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.B pnpd
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daemon is normally invoked in
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.BR rc.local .
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The
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.SM RPCs
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are used by
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.BR netconfig (8C),
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.BR pnp.s386
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(see
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.BR pnpboot (8C)),
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and
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.BR client (8).
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.LP
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The
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.B bootservers
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Network Information Service
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(\s-1NIS\s0)
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map specifies limits on server capacity and default
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swap size.
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.SH FILES
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.PD 0
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.TP
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.BI /export/exec/ arch
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symbolic link to
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.BI /export/exec/ arch.release
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.TP
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.BI /export/exec/ arch.release
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symbolic link to
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.B /usr
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for the architecture
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.TP
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.BI /export/exec/ arch.release /boot
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root binaries
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.PD
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR pnp (3R),
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.BR client (8),
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.BR ipallocd (8C),
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.BR netconfig (8C),
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.BR pnpboot (8C)
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.SH NOTES
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.LP
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The Network Information Service
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(\s-1NIS\s0)
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was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages
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(\s-1YP\s0).
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The functionality of the two remains the same;
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only the name has changed.
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