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.\" $NetBSD: rc.conf.5,v 1.4 1997/03/17 01:22:49 cjs Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: rc.conf.5,v 1.5 1997/03/23 07:57:22 cjs Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Matthew R. Green
.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Curt J. Sampson
.\" All rights reserved.
.\"
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd December 30, 1996
.Dd March 22, 1997
.Dt RC.CONF 5
.Os NetBSD 1.3
.\" turn off hyphenation
.hym 999
.Sh NAME
.Nm rc.conf
.Nd system startup configuration file
@ -60,212 +63,243 @@ each daemon's manual page. Most
variables have three values: a list of parameters to pass on the
command line, "DEFAULT" for a reasonable default set of parameters,
or "NO" if the daemon is not to be run at all. Some programs don't
take a set of flags, and may only be set to "YES" or "NO".
take a set of flags, and may only be set to "YES" or "NO". A few are
always run, and will not take "NO."
The arguments passed if "DEFAULT" is chosen are listed in
.Nm
itself.
.Pp
Programs run on boot-up:
.Bl -tag -width bootparamd_flags
.It Sy savecore_flags
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
Saves a copy of the kernel and crash dump when the system comes up
after a crash. The
.Ar -z
parameter will compress the kernel and crash dump. See
.Xr savecore 8 .
.It Sy lkm_init
YES or NO. Loads
.Xr lkm 4
modules based on information in
.Pa /etc/lkm.conf .
See
.Xr lkm.conf 5 .
.It Sy ipfilter
YES or NO. Runs
.Xr ipf 8
to load in packet filter specifications from
.Pa /etc/ipf.conf
at network boot time, before any interfaces are configured. See
.Xr ipf 5 .
.El
Daemons required for other daemons:
.Bl -tag -width bootparamd_flags
.It Sy inetd_flags
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
Starts other internet programs (as listed in
.Pa /etc/inetd.conf )
as necessary. The
.Ar -l
option turns on libwrap connection logging. See
.Xr inetd 8 .
.It Sy portmap
YES or NO. The
.Xr portmap 8
daemon is required for any Sun RPC based services. These include NFS, YP,
.Xr bootparamd 8 ,
.Xr rstatd 8 ,
.Xr rusersd 8 ,
and
.Xr rwalld 8 .
.El
Commonly used daemons:
.Bl -tag -width bootparamd_flags
.It Sy update_flags
Parameters or DEFAULT. The
.Xr update 8
daemon flushes cached disk pages that are dirty to disk at regular intervals.
.It Sy syslog_flags
Typically set to "" if system logging is to be performed by
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
Syslog daemon; logs messages to logfiles. See
.Xr syslogd 8 .
.It Sy timed_flags
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
Local area network time synchronisation daemon. The
.Ar -M
parameter allows this host to be a master, as well as a slave. See
.Xr timed 8 .
.It Sy xntpd_flags
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
Local and wide area network time synchronisation daemon. If this is used,
.Sy timed_flags
should be set to
.Ar -M -F localhost
on one xntp-using host on the network, and to "NO"
on any other xntp-using host.
.Xr xntpd 8
is not included with
.Nx .
.It Sy sendmail_flags
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
Sendmail SMTP mail transport agent. See
.Xr sendmail 8 .
.It Sy named_flags
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
BIND domain name resolver and server. See
.Xr named 8 .
.It Sy lpd_flags
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
Line printer daemon; allows other hosts to print to the local host's printer.
The
.Ar -l
option turns on extra logging. See
.Xr lpd 8 .
.El
Routing daemons:
.Bl -tag -width bootparamd_flags
.It Sy routed_flags
Typically set to "-q" if
.Xr routed 8
is used, or "NO".
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
RIP routing protocol daemon. This should be NO if
.Sy gated_flags
is anything but NO. See
.Xr routed 8 .
.It Sy gated_flags
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
Routing daemon for many IP routing protocols.
This should be NO if
.Sy routed_flags
is anything but NO.
.Xr gated 8
is not included with
.Nx .
.It Sy mrouted_flags
Typically set to "" if
.Xr mrouted 8
is used, or "NO".
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
DVMRP multicast routing protocol daemon. See
.Xr mrouted 8 .
.El
Daemons used to boot other hosts over a network:
.Bl -tag -width bootparamd_flags
.It Sy rarpd_flags
Typically set to "-a" if
.Xr rarpd 8
is used, or "NO".
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
Reverse ARP daemon; used to boot NetBSD and Sun workstations. See
.Xr rarpd 8 .
.It Sy bootparamd_flags
Typically set to "" if
.Xr bootparamd 8
is used, or "NO".
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
Boot parameter server; used for booting NetBSD and SunOS 4.x systems. See
.Xr bootparamd 8 .
.It Sy dhcpd_flags
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol daemon, for assigning IP addresses to
hosts and passing boot information. See
.Xr dhcpd 8 .
.It Sy rbootd_flags
Typically set to "" if
.Xr rbootd 8
is used, or "NO".
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
HP boot protocol daemon; used for booting HP workstations. See
.Xr rbootd 8 .
.It Sy mopd_flags
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
DEC MOP protocol daemon; used for booting VAX and other DEC machines.
See
DEC MOP protocol daemon; used for booting VAX and other DEC machines. See
.Xr mopd 8 .
.It Sy sendmail_flags
Typically set to "-bd -q30" if
.Xr sendmail 8
is used, or "NO".
.It Sy named_flags
Typically set to "" if
.Xr named 8
is used, or "NO".
.It Sy dhcpd_flags
Typically set to "" if
.Xr dhcpd 8
is used, or "NO".
.It Sy timed_flags
Typically set to "" if
.Xr timed 8
is used, or "NO".
.It Sy inetd_flags
Typically set to "" or "-l" (for extra logging), if
.Xr inetd 8
is used, or "NO".
.It Sy lpd_flags
Typically set to "" or "-l" (for extra logging), if the printer daemon,
.Xr lpd 8 ,
is used, or "NO".
.It Sy ypserv_flags
Typically set to "-d" if your system is to be a YP server,
.Xr ypserv 8
is used, or "NO".
.It Sy yppasswdd_flags
Typically set to "" if your system is to be a YP password server,
.Xr yppasswdd 8
is used, or "NO".
.It Sy ypbind_flags
Typically set to "" if your system is to be a YP client,
.Xr ypbind 8
is used, or "NO".
.It Sy savecore_flags
Typically set to "" if your system is to check for kernel
crash dumps with
.Xr savecore 8 ,
or "NO".
.It Sy gated_flags
Typically set to "" if
.Xr gated 8
is used, or "NO". Note that gated is not supplied with
.Nx .
.El
.Pp
YP (NIS) daemons:
.Bl -tag -width bootparamd_flags
The following variables turn services on or off:
.It Sy ipfilter
Set to YES if ip-filter will be run. Typically reads
.Pa /etc/ipf.conf
at network boot time, before any interfaces are,
configured.
.It Sy lkm_init
Set to YES if
.Xr lkm 4
modules are to be loaded, from the file
.Pa /etc/lkm.conf ,
whose configuration is described in
.Xr lkm.conf 5 .
.It Sy rwhod
Set to "YES" if
.Xr rwhod 8
is to be run.
.It Sy nfs_server
Set to "YES" if the nfs server,
.Xr nfsd 8 ,
and
.Xr mountd 8
are to be run. Additional variables available
.Sy nfs_server
enabled:
.Bl -tag -width mountd_flags
.It Sy mountd_flags
These are flags passed to
.Xr 8 mountd ,
if
.Sy nfs_server
is configured.
.It Sy nfsd_flags
These are flags passed to
.Xr 8 nfsd ,
if
.Sy nfs_server
is configured. They default to ``-tun 4''.
.It Sy ypbind_flags
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
Run on YP (NIS) clients to use information from a YP server. See
.Xr ypbind 8 .
.It Sy ypserv_flags
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
YP (NIS) server for distributing information from certain files in
.Pa /etc .
See
.Xr ypserv 8 .
.It Sy yppasswdd_flags
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
Allows remote YP users to update password on master server. See
.Xr yppasswdd 8 .
.El
Network file system daemons:
.Bl -tag -width bootparamd_flags
.It Sy nfs_client
Set to "YES" if the nfs client,
.Xr nfsiod 8 ,
is to be run. Additional variables available
.Sy nfs_client
enabled:
.Bl -tag -width nfsiod_flags
YES or NO. Runs
.Xr nfsiod 8
to increase performance of an NFS client host.
.It Sy nfsiod_flags
These are flags passed to
Parameters or DEFAULT. Flags passed to
.Xr nfsiod 8
if
.Sy nfs_client
is configured. They default to ``-n 4''
.El
.It Sy statd_flags
Typically set to "" if your system is to run the status monitoring
daemon,
.Xr rpc.statd 8 ,
or "NO"; ignored if neither
is set to YES.
.It Sy nfs_server
YES or NO. Sets up a host to be a NFS server by running
.Xr mountd 8
and
.Xr nfsd 8 .
.It Sy mountd_flags
Parameters or DEFAULT. These are passed to
.Xr mountd 8
if
.Sy nfs_server
nor
.Sy nfs_client
are set to "YES".
is set to YES.
.It Sy nfsd_flags
Parameters or DEFAULT. These are passed to
.Xr nfsd 8
if
.Sy nfs_server
is set to YES.
.It Sy lockd_flags
Typically set to "" if your system is to run the NFS locking
daemon,
.Xr rpc.lockd 8 ,
or "NO"; ignored if neither
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO. Provides locking for NFS. Ignored if
.Sy nfs_server
nor
and
.Sy nfs_client
are set to "YES".
.It Sy kerberos
Set to "YES" if the kerberos server,
.Xr kerberos 8 ,
and the kerberos admininstration server,
.Xr kadmind 8 ,
are to be run. This
should only be run on the kerberos master server. Note that
the kerberos server is only available with the domestic distribution
of
.Nx .
.It Sy portmap
Set to "NO" if the port mapper,
.Xr portmap 8 ,
is not run.
.It Sy amd
Set to "YES" if automounter,
.Xr amd 8 ,
is to be run. Additional variables available with
.Sy amd
enabled:
.Bl -tag -width amd_master
are both set to NO. See
.Xr rpc.lockd 8 .
.It Sy statd_flags
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO. Ignored if
.Sy nfs_server
and
.Sy nfs_client
are both set to NO. Status monitoring daemon used when
.Xr rpc.lockd 8
is running. See
.Xr rpc.statd 8 .
.It Sy amd_flags
The flags used for logging, etc, for
.Xr amd 8 .
Typically "-l syslog -x error,noinfo,nostats".
Parameters, DEFAULT or NO.
The automounter daemon,
.Xr amd 8 ,
automatically mounts NFS file systems whenever a file or directory within
that filesystem is accessed.
.It Sy amd_dir
The
.Xr amd 8
mount directory. Typically /amd.
mount directory. Used only if
.Sy amd_flags
is not set to NO.
.It Sy amd_master
The
.Xr amd 8
automounter master map.
Used only if
.Sy amd_flags
is not set to NO.
.El
Other daemons:
.Bl -tag -width bootparamd_flags
.It Sy rwhod
YES or NO. Daemon to support
.Xr rwho 8
command. See
.Xr rwhod 8 .
.It Sy kerberos
YES or NO. Runs the kerberos server
.Xr kerberos 8
and the kerberos admininstration server,
.Xr kadmind 8 .
This should only be run on the kerberos master server.
The kerberos server is only available with the domestic distribution of
.Nx .
.El
.Pp
The
.Sy portmap
keyword must be "YES" if any of the
.Sy ypserv_flags ,
.Sy yppasswdd_flags ,
.Sy ypbind_flags ,
.Sy bootparamd_flags ,
.Sy nfs_server ,
.Sy nfs_client
keywords are not "NO", as they all depend on the portmapper.
.Pp
Only one of the
.Sy routed_flags
or
.Sy gated_flags
keywords should be set.
.Sh FILES
.Pa /etc/rc.conf
.Sh SEE ALSO