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+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1988-1990 The Regents of the University of California.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" the University nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse
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+.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+.\" @(#) $Id: rarpd.8,v 1.1 1999/05/02 03:57:59 wsanchez Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd October 26, 1990
+.Dt RARPD 8
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm rarpd
+.Nd Reverse ARP Daemon
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm rarpd
+.Op Fl adf
+.Op Ar interface
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Rarpd
+services Reverse ARP requests on the Ethernet connected to
+.Ar interface.
+Upon receiving a request,
+.Nm rarpd
+maps the target hardware address to an IP address via its name, which
+must be present in both the
+.Xr ethers 5
+and
+.Xr hosts 5
+databases.
+If a host does not exist in both databases, the translation cannot
+proceed and a reply will not be sent.
+.Pp
+Additionally, a request is honored only if the server
+(i.e., the host that rarpd is running on)
+can "boot" the target; that is, if the directory
+.Pa /tftpboot/ Ns Em ipaddr
+exists, where
+.Rm ipaddr
+is the target IP address.
+.Pp
+In normal operation,
+.Nm rarpd
+forks a copy of itself and runs in
+the background. Anomalies and errors are reported via
+.Xr syslog 3 .
+.Sh OPTIONS
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Fl a
+Listen on all the Ethernets attached to the system.
+If
+.Sq Fl a
+is omitted, an interface must be specified.
+.It Fl d
+Run in debug mode, with all the output to stderr.
+This option implies the
+.Fl f
+option.
+.It Fl f
+Run in the foreground.
+.El
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width Pa -compact
+.It Pa /etc/ethers
+.It Pa /etc/hosts
+.It Pa /tftpboot
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr bpf 4 ,
+.Rs
+.%R A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
+.%N RFC 903
+.%A Finlayson, R.
+.%A Mann, T.
+.%A Mogul, J.C.
+.%A Theimer, M.
+.Re
+.Sh AUTHORS
+Craig Leres (leres@ee.lbl.gov) and Steven McCanne (mccanne@ee.lbl.gov).
+Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA.