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How is /etc/bootptab maintained? I'm getting bad hostname messages in syslog.

Jack C. Mahaffey — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 19:36:02 GMT

How is /etc/bootptab maintained? I'm getting bad hostname messages in syslog. Doesn't look like its a text file.

Here's a sample message being logged to syslog:

bad hostname: "8^\g^E10.240.44.27"
bootpd[4830]: entry with hostname "8^\g^E10.240.44.27" will be ignored.

Re: How is /etc/bootptab maintained? I'm getting bad hostname messages in syslog.

Paula J Frazer-Campbell — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 19:48:03 GMT

Hi

File /etc/boottab shows ascii text,

root@N-0/etc>cat boottab
# @(#) $Revision: 1.10.214.1 $
cluster:HPS700:::
#install:HPS700:::
#cluster:HPS800:::

So vi it and correct the problem.

Paula

Re: How is /etc/bootptab maintained? I'm getting bad hostname messages in syslog.

Paula J Frazer-Campbell — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 19:49:53 GMT

Hi

It looks like line one is messed up and is not hashed to start.

# @(#) $Revision: 1.10.214.1 $

Paula

Re: How is /etc/bootptab maintained? I'm getting bad hostname messages in syslog.

Jacob_2 — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 19:50:55 GMT

Hi,

Check for the entry ip=10.240.44.27 in the /etc/bootptab file.
You can delete that line ,type it again & save the file.

Also note that last line for every bootp entry in the /etc/bootptab file does not end with "\"