The
bootparamd
utility is a server process that provides information to
diskless(8)
clients necessary for booting.
It consults the
/etc/bootparams
file.
This version will allow the use of aliases on the hostname in the
/etc/bootparams
file.
The returned hostname to the
whoami
request done by the booting client
will be the name that appears in
/etc/bootparams
and not the canonical name.
In this way you can keep the answer short enough
so that machines that cannot handle long hostnames will not fail during boot.
