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Dear fellow managers,
I'm for the first time trying to set up a Du RIS server.
It refuses connections from any host I try to boot via network,
and also from telnet to ports 67 and 68.
My Question: Am I missing something important on the boothost
concerning boot requests ? The other network daemons (ftpd,
sendmail, walld, amandad, telnetd) all run fine.
I followed instructions in the installation guide and "sharing s/w"
guide to set up the RIS area to a degree where I should be able
to find out about the filesystem structure for postload
scripting.
When I now try to boot another host I get an error message saying:
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cannot determine root directory on boothost
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then the installation procedure continues with the X installation
screen, allowing to partition the root disk and select file
systems.
When I finally try to select the software packages I get
something like:
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setld: Error contacting server boothost: boothost.aip.de: Connection refused
setld: cannot initialize boothost:
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My client is inserted into /etc/bootptab on the RIS boothost with
both hw-address and IP-address and is included in our DNS.
joind and tftpd are started from inetd, although joind is already
running since startup.
I also cannot telnet to port 67/68 on boothost (connection
refused) but that didn't worry me before since it might simply be
missing the correct bootp request information.
setld -l boothost:
setld: Error contacting server boothost: boothost.aip.de: Connection refused
setld: cannot initialize boothost:
Also, I get regular 10minute boot requests from the hub the boothost is
connected to identifying as a broadcast IP with the HUBs h/w
address:
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941720320.178039 Packet arrived on Thursday November 04 13:58:40
received on address iii.jjj.xxx.255
xid=0x00001cfb secs=62011 flags=000000 chaddr=08:00:2b:a6:7a:3b
unpacked payload:
ht=1:ha=08.00.2b.a6.7a.3b:ci=0.0.0.0:gi=iii.jjj.yyy.254:sa=0.0.0.0:yi=0.0.0.0:vm=rfc1048:
seeking BOOTP client (1,6,08:00:2b:a6:7a:3b) on subnet iii.jjj.0.0
BOOTP from HW 08:00:2b:a6:7a:3b : no static binding for BOOTP client and dynamic binding not enabled
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which is the only message logged w/ the running joind, although
at the logged times nowhere a host has been rebooted on our LAN.
on startup joind logs (I did not change anything in the
/etc/join/ databases since the installation guide does not tell
me to):
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JOIN server startup on Thursday November 04 13:30:09
JOIN Server Release 4.1.0b for Alpha with Digital UNIX
Copyright 1992-1998 Competitive Automation, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
server dns domain name = aip.de
server nis/nis+ domain name = digital
flexlm: Dynamic name updating disable.
The policy file 'server.pcy' is (potentially) incompatible with the existing datbase. that the database remains valid in the new policy (e.g. with jdbdump) thenremove '/etc/join/.oldserver.pcy'.
JOIN server shutdown on Thursday November 04 13:30:09
JOIN server startup on Thursday November 04 13:30:09
JOIN Server Release 4.1.0b for Alpha with Digital UNIX
Copyright 1992-1998 Competitive Automation, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
server dns domain name = aip.de
server nis/nis+ domain name = digital
flexlm: Dynamic name updating disable.
canonical server IP address = iii.jjj.xxx.abc
canonical server name = boothost
debug level = 2
ignored interfaces = none
default lease duration = 86400
finite bootp auto extension = 0 secs
ttl of provisional lease = 60 secs
timeout on ICMP echo = 500 msecs
minimum legal bootp packet = 300 bytes
name service = dns
name service updateable = false
naming policy = by ipaddress
accept client name = false
ignore name ownership = false
DNS expiration tracks DHCP lease = false
update NS on every transaction = false
free list length = 8
bootp support = true
bootp addr from pool = false
registered clients only = false
listen on ppp interfaces = false
Microsoft RAS support = false
ping bootp clients = true
reply when relay on same net = true
send options in offer = false
auto-reread modified bootptab = true
validate bootp client net# = true
auto synchronise disk database = false
token ring source routing = false
FLEXlm timer = 3600 secs
release ip when client moves = false
expand BOOTP packet ? = false
send bootfile in 'file' field = false
ignore hardware type = false
force broadcast reply = false
use MAC addr as client ID = false
syncing databases
Netmasks:
Net Mask
Listening on interfaces (name ip mask bdcast):
tu0 iii.jjj.xxx.abc 255.255.255.0 iii.jjj.xxx.255
tu1 iii.jjj.zzz.abc 255.255.255.0 iii.jjj.zzz.255
Total active leases = 0
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N.B.: The boothost has two network interfaces to serve to different subnets !
Tschüß,
Dieter
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Received on Thu Nov 04 1999 - 13:50:55 NZDT