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
-foption. -f- Run in the foreground.
-l- Log all requests to syslog.
FILES
- /etc/ethers
- /etc/hosts
SEE ALSO
Finlayson, R., Mann, T., Mogul, J.C., and Theimer, M., A Reverse Address Resolution Protocol, RFC 903.
AUTHORS
Craig Leres <leres@ee.lbl.gov> and Steven McCanne <mccanne@ee.lbl.gov>. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA.