NAME
rarpd
- Reverse ARP Daemon
SYNOPSIS
rarpd
[-adfl]
[interface [...]]
DESCRIPTION
rarpd
services Reverse ARP requests on the Ethernet connected to
interface.
Upon receiving a request,
rarpd
maps the target hardware address to an IP address via its name, which
must be present in both the
ethers(5)
and
hosts(5)
databases.
If a host does not exist in both databases the translation cannot
proceed and a reply will not be sent.
In normal operation,
rarpd
forks a copy of itself and runs in
the background. Anomalies and errors are reported via
syslog(3).
OPTIONS
- -a
-
Listen on all the Ethernets attached to the system.
If
`-a'
is omitted, an interface must be specified.
- -d
-
Run in debug mode, with all the output to stderr.
This option implies the
-f
option.
- -f
-
Run in the foreground.
- -l
-
Log all requests to syslog.
FILES
/etc/ethers
-
/etc/hosts
-
SEE ALSO
bpf(4)
AUTHORS
Craig Leres (leres@ee.lbl.gov) and Steven McCanne (mccanne@ee.lbl.gov).
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA.