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Re: bootpd usage and the server address.



On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 04:31:36PM -0800, peter@easthope.ca wrote:
> With this one line in /etc/bootptab, 
> 
> root@dalton:~# tail --lines=1 /etc/bootptab
> sparc2:sa=172.25.2.1:td=/tftpboot:hd=/:bf="AC190202.SUN4C":rp=/export/sparc2/root/:
> 
> bootp complains about the address.
> 
> root@dalton:~# bootpd -d9
> bootpd: info(6):   bootptab mtime: Sun Jan 26 15:33:54 2014
> bootpd: info(6):   reading "/etc/bootptab"
> bootpd: info(6):   read 1 entries (1 hosts) from "/etc/bootptab"
> bootpd: error(3):  bind: Address already in use
> 
> Any ideas of what causes this?  How can I find what preempts the address?

IIRC, bootp and DHCP use port 67 (server) and 68 (client). (DHCP is
basically an extension of BOOTP, so if you have a DHCP server, then you
also have a bootp server). Try running "sudo netstat -nlp|grep :67" to
see what's listening on port 67.

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