bootparams

An entry in the bootparams file is usually of the form:

hostname	 parameter1 parameter2 parameter3...parameterx

For example, the bootparams file in the domain France.XYZ.com contains the following line:

camembert	root=server1:/export/camembert/root \
		swap=server1:/export/camembert/swap \
	domain=France.XYZ.com

The DN of the directory entry created from this line in the bootparams file is cn=camembert, ou=Hosts, ou=Services, dc=France, dc=XYZ, dc=com. The attributes stored under that entry and their values are:

The host camembert probably also has an entry in /etc/ethers and in /etc/hosts. However, in the LDAP directory, the host camembert has just one entry, with all the attributes derived from the ethers table mapping and the hosts table mapping. The LDAP entry created for camembert has several object classes: one inherited structural object class, device, and three auxiliary object classes, bootableDevice, ieee802Device, and ipHost.

Based on the examples given in "ethers", and in "hosts", the complete entry created in the LDAP directory for host camembert is:

If the entry for camembert is deleted from the bootparams file, the directory entry for camembert is updated by removing the bootableDevice object class and the bootParameter attributes which are specific to that object class.