RCONFIG(8) BSD System Manager's Manual RCONFIG(8)NAMErconfig — Remote Configuration Client/Server
SYNOPSISrconfig [-a] [-W workdir] [-T tagdir] [-C configfiles] [-s] [-v]
DESCRIPTION
The rconfig utility provides simple remote configurator functionality.
In client mode rconfig will broadcast a request for the specified config‐
uration tag over available interfaces (or you can specify an IP), locate
a server capable of supplying the tag, then connect to, download, and run
the script associate with the tag. In server mode rconfig will listen on
port 257 for broadcast requests (UDP) and connections (TCP). Note that
UDP based requests are only responded to if the requested tag is avail‐
able. You can run the server on multiple machines on the LAN serving
different tags or, if you wish to provide a backup, serving the same
tags, or a mix. The client will use the first matching tag it encoun‐
ters.
The following command line options are available when operating in client
mode:
-arconfig will broadcast a request for the 'auto' tag on all
available interfaces. No additional arguments are necessary.
-W workdir Specify the working directory for script downloads. The
default is /tmp.
-v Verbose mode prints additional information during program
execution.
host[:tag] Specify any number of remote IP addresses or broadcast
addresses. If no tag is specified rconfig defaults to
'auto'. If you specify just a tag using :tag the broadcast
address for all available interfaces will be used. The -a
option should not be used in that case.
The following command line options are available when operating in server
mode:
-arconfig will bind to and listen on all available interfaces.
If this option is not used you must specify a particular IP
address or addresses to bind to. The server listens on port
257 for both UDP and TCP.
-T tagdir Specify the directory containing the tag scripts. The
default is /usr/local/etc/rconfig. Tag scripts are in the
form: tagname.sh.
-C configfiles
Specify server configuration files (currently unused).
-s This option is required to operate rconfig as a server.
-v Verbose mode prints additional information during program
execution.
bind_address
Specify any number of IP addresses or hostnames corresponding
to machine local addresses that the server will bind to and
listen on.
FILES
/usr/share/examples/rconfig
SEE ALSOdhclient(8)AUTHORS
This program was written by Matthew Dillon.
BSD June 17, 2004 BSD