\pard\tx960\tx1920\tx2880\tx3840\tx4800\tx5760\tx6720\tx7680\tx8640\tx9600\f0\b0\i0\ulnone\fs28\fc0\cf0 Q: The commands
\i w
\i0 and
\i netstat
\i0 return "no namelist" on a netbooted client. What's going on?\
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A: The
\i w
\i0 command prints a summary of the current activity on the system, including what each user is doing,
\fs24
\fs28 The
\i netstat
\i0 command symbolically displays the contents of various network-related data structures. Both of those commands examine the system namelist kept in the file
\i /mach
\i0 (the kernel). The kernel namelist contains the current system addresses. On a netbooted client,
\i /mach
\i0 references the path
\i /clients/client/tftpboot/mach
\i0 . If this file is not present, any command that uses the kernel's namelist cannot complete successfully and returns a "no namelist" error.\
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To fix the problem, make a symbolic link to the kernel like this:\
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\fi-980\li980 • On the netboot server, launch the Terminal application as root\