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

[Jack C. Mahaffey]

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.

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell · Accepted solution]

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

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Hi

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

# @(#) $Revision: 1.10.214.1 $



Paula

[Jacob_2]

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 "\"