Pos Scripts; Ntp; Rsync - Novell SLRS 8 Admin Manual

4 Server Structure
TFTP Server Structure
The TFTP server directory structure is divided into the following main areas
under the tftp_root
Image configurations
The /tftpboot/CR/ directory contains the various config. MAC Address
image configuration files.
Configuration files
The /tftpboot/CR/ MAC Address / directory contains the various sys-
tem configuration files, such as XF86config.
Boot files
The /tftpboot/boot/ directory is where the initrd.gz, the kernel to boot,
and the PXE loader pxelinux.0 are kept.
PXE configuration file
The /tftpboot/boot/pxelinux.cfg directory is where the PXE configuration
file is kept.
Image files and checksums
The /tftpboot/image/ directory is where all the image files and their
checksums are kept.
Upload area
The directory /tftpboot/upload/ is the directory into which the hwtype. MAC
Address files for registering new cash registers are uploaded.

4.4.4 NTP

The NTP service for the branch servers synchronizes with the administration
server NTP, which in turn must be configured to get the time from a reliable
source. The branch servers pull the images from the administration server
using the script possyncimages.

4.4.5 RSYNC

RSYNC is used to release the area with the OS images on the administration
server. This service is used to transfer the images to the branch servers.

4.5 POS Scripts

All the programs required to manage the system and to generate configu-
ration files are implemented in Perl and as shell scripts. All the file names
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SLRS uses the directory /tftpboot as <tftp_root> path on the branch server.
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