aasd(1Mtcp)
aasd --
Address Allocation Server
Synopsis
in.aasd
[ -D debug_level ]
Description
The Address Allocation Server daemon,
aasd, allocates addresses to network services,
such as DHCP, which need to assign temporary
addresses. It manages the information about allocated
addresses, such as the service requesting the address and
for how long the address is reserved.
If the configuration file
(/etc/inet/aasd.conf) exists, aasd
starts automatically.
The configuration file defines the address pools
available for allocation along with server parameters.
aasd maintains an address database of current
allocation information in memory and records changes to
the database in a transaction log stored on disk. At
startup, aasd rebuilds the database from the
transaction log. aasd will compress the
transaction log when the log reaches a configurable size.
At a ``checkpoint'' interval, aasd constructs a
transaction log which represents the current allocation
information and stores this log as a checkpoint file.
aasd will rebuild the address database with the
most recent checkpoint file if the current transaction
log is lost or corrupted. The checkpoint interval along
with the number and location of the checkpoint files are
configurable parameters.
Options
-D debug_level-
Sets the debug_level variable that controls the
amount of debugging messages generated. For example,
-D 1 will set the debugging level to 1.
Recognized values are 0, 1, 2, and 3 or greater. Zero
generates no messages and 1 to 3 generate increasing
amounts of messages. Specifying an integer greater than
3 has the same result as specifying 3. If aasd
is running in ``standalone mode'' and you specify 3 or
greater, messages will be directed to standard error (not
to syslog) and aasd does not go into the
background.
The Address Allocation Server
Configuration Manager does not support an alternate
configuration database to aasd.conf
nor does it support an alternative
location for this file.
References
aasd.conf(4tcp),
dhcpd(1Mtcp),
bootpd(1Mtcp),
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UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.4 - 25 April 2004