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RC.CONF(5) BSD File Formats Manual RC.CONF(5) NAME rc.conf -- system configuration information DESCRIPTION The file rc.conf contains descriptive information about the local host name, configuration details for any potential network interfaces and which services should be started up at system initial boot time. In new installations, the rc.conf file is generally initialized by the system installation utility: /stand/sysinstall. The purpose of rc.conf is not to run commands or perform system startup actions directly. Instead, it is included by the various generic startup scripts in /etc which conditionalize their internal actions according to the settings found there. The /etc/rc.conf file is included from the file /etc/defaults/rc.conf, which specifies the default settings for all the available options. Op- tions need only be specified in /etc/rc.conf when the system administra- tor wishes to override these defaults. The file /etc/rc.conf.local is used to override settings in /etc/rc.conf for historical reasons. See the "rc_conf_files" option below. The following list provides a name and short description for each vari- able that can be set in the rc.conf file: swapfile (str) If set to "NO" then no swapfile is installed, other- wise the value is used as the full pathname to a file to use for additional swap space. apm_enable (bool) If set to "YES", enable support for Automatic Power Management with the apm(8) command. apmd_enable (bool) Run apmd(8) to handle APM event from userland. This also enable support for APM. apmd_flags (str) If apmd_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the apmd(8) daemon. pccard_enable (bool) If set to "YES", enable PCCARD support at boot time. pccard_mem (str) Set to PCCARD controller memory address or "DEFAULT" for the default value. pccard_ifconfig (str) List of arguments to be passed to ifconfig(8) at boot time or on insertion of the card (e.g. "inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0" for a fixed address or "DHCP" for a DHCP client). pccard_beep (int) If 0, set the PCCARD controller to silent mode. If 1, set it to beep mode. If 2, set it to melody mode. pccard_conf (str) Path to the configuration file for the pccardd(8) daemon. pccardd_flags (str) If pccard_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the pccardd(8) daemon. pccard_ether_delay (str) Set the delay before starting dhclient(8) in pccard_ether(8) script. This defaults to 5 seconds to work around a bug in the ed(4) driver which can lead to system hangs when using some newer ed(4) based cards. local_startup (str) List of directories to search for startup script files. script_name_sep (str) The field separator to use for breaking down the list of startup script files into individual filenames. The de- fault is a space. It is not necessary to change this un- less there are startup scripts with names containing spa- ces. hostname (str) The Fully Qualified Domain Name of this host on the network. This should almost certainly be set to something meaningful, even if there is no network connection. If dhclient(8) is used to set the hostname via DHCP, this variable should be set to an empty string. nisdomainname (str) The NIS domain name of this host, or "NO" if NIS is not used. dhcp_program (str) Path to the DHCP client program (/sbin/dhclient, the ISC DHCP client, is the default). dhcp_flags (str) Additional flags to pass to the DHCP client program. For the ISC DHCP client, see the dhclient(8) page for a de- scription of the command line options available. firewall_enable (bool) Set to "YES" to load firewall rules at startup. If the kernel was not built with IPFIREWALL, the ipfw kernel module will be loaded. See also ipfilter_enable. firewall_script (str) This variable specifies the full path to the firewall script to run. The default is /etc/rc.firewall. firewall_type (str) Names the firewall type from the selection in /etc/rc.firewall, or the file which contains the local firewall ruleset. Valid selections from /etc/rc.firewall, are "open" - unrestricted IP access; "closed" - all IP ser- vices disabled, except via lo0; "client" - basic protection for a workstation; "simple" - basic protection for a LAN. If a filename is specified, the full path must be given. firewall_quiet (bool) Set to "YES" to disable the display of ipfw rules on the console during boot. firewall_logging (bool) Set to "YES" to enable ipfw event logging. This is equivalent to the IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE kernel option. firewall_flags (str) Flags passed to ipfw(8) if firewall_type specifies a filename. natd_program (str) Path to natd(8). natd_enable (bool) Set to "YES" to enable natd. firewall_enable must also be set to "YES", and divert(4) sockets must be enabled in the kernel. natd_interface (str) This is the name of the public interface on which natd should run. The interface may be given as an inter- face name or as an IP address. natd_flags (str) Additional natd flags should be placed here. The -n or -a flag is automatically added with the above natd_interface as an argument. ipfilter_enable (bool) Set to "NO" by default. Setting this to "YES" en- ables ipf(8) packet filtering. Typical usage will require putting ipfilter_enable="YES" ipnat_enable="YES" ipmon_enable="YES" ipfs_enable="YES" into /etc/rc.conf and editing /etc/ipf.rules and /etc/ipnat.rules appropriately. Note that ipfilter_enable and ipnat_enable can be enabled independently. ipmon_enable and ipfs_enable both require at least one of ipfilter_enable and ipnat_enable to be en- abled. Having options IPFILTER options IPFILTER_LOG options IPFILTER_DEFAULT_BLOCK in the kernel configuration file is a good idea, too. ipfilter_program (str) Path to ipf(8) (default /sbin/ipf). ipfilter_rules (str) Set to "/etc/ipf.rules" by default. This variable contains the name of the filter rule definition file. The file is expected to be readable for the ipf(8) command to execute. ipfilter_flags (str) Empty by default. This variable contains flags passed to the ipf(8) program. ipnat_enable (bool) Set to "NO" by default. Set it to "YES" to enable ipnat(1) network address translation. See ipfilter_enable for a detailed discussion. ipnat_program (str) Path to ipnat(1) (default /sbin/ipnat). ipnat_rules (str) Set to "/etc/ipnat.rules" by default. This variable contains the name of the file holding the network address translation definition. This file is expected to be read- able for the ipnat(1) command to execute. ipnat_flags (str) Empty by default. This variable contains flags passed to the ipnat(1) program. ipmon_enable (bool) Set to "NO" by default. Set it to "YES" to enable ipmon(8) monitoring (logging ipf(8) and ipnat(1) events). Setting this variable needs setting ipfilter_enable or ipnat_enable too. See ipfilter_enable for a detailed dis- cussion. ipmon_program (str) Path to ipmon(8) (default /sbin/ipmon). ipmon_flags (str) Set to "-Ds" by default. This variable contains flags passed to the ipmon(8) program. Another typical ex- ample would be "-D /var/log/ipflog" to have ipmon(8) log directly to a file bypassing syslogd(8). Make sure to ad- just /etc/newsyslog.conf in such case like this: /var/log/ipflog 640 10 100 * Z /var/run/ipmon.pid ipfs_enable (bool) Set to "NO" by default. Set it to "YES" to enable ipfs(8) saving the filter and NAT state tables during shut- down and reloading them during startup again. Setting this variable needs setting ipfilter_enable or ipnat_enable to "YES" too. See ipfilter_enable for a detailed discussion. Note that if kern_securelevel is set to 3, ipfs_enable can- not be used because the raised securelevel will prevent ipfs(8) from saving the state tables at shutdown time. ipfs_program (str) Path to ipfs(8) (default /sbin/ipfs). ipfs_flags (str) Empty by default. This variable contains flags passed to the ipfs(8) program. tcp_extensions (bool) Set to "YES" by default. Setting this to NO dis- ables certain TCP options as described by RFC 1323. Set- ting this to "NO" might help remedy such problems with con- nections as randomly hanging or other weird behavior. Some network devices are known to be broken with respect to these options. log_in_vain (int) Set to 0 by default. The sysctl(8) variables, net.inet.tcp.log_in_vain and net.inet.udp.log_in_vain as described in tcp(4) and udp(4), are set to the given value. tcp_keepalive (bool) Set to "YES" by default. Setting to NO will disable probing idle TCP connections to verify that the peer is still up and reachable. tcp_drop_synfin (bool) Set to "NO" by default. Setting to YES will cause the kernel to ignore TCP frames that have both the SYN and FIN flags set. This prevents OS fingerprinting, but may break some legitimate applications. This option is only available if the kernel was built with the TCP_DROP_SYNFIN option. icmp_drop_redirect (bool) Set to "NO" by default. Setting to YES will cause the kernel to ignore ICMP REDIRECT packets. icmp_log_redirect (bool) Set to "NO" by default. Setting to YES will cause the kernel to log ICMP REDIRECT packets. Note that the log messages are not rate-limited, so this option should only be used for troubleshooting networks. network_interfaces (str) Set to the list of network interfaces to configure on this host. For example, if the only network devices in the system are the loopback device (lo0) and a NIC using the ed0 driver, this could be set to "lo0 ed0" An ifconfig_<interface> variable is also assumed to exist for each value of interface. It is also possible to add IP alias entires here in cases where multiple IP addresses registered against a single interface are desired. Assum- ing that the interface in question was ed0, it might look something like this: ifconfig_ed0_alias0="inet 127.0.0.253 netmask 0xffffffff" ifconfig_ed0_alias1="inet 127.0.0.254 netmask 0xffffffff" And so on. For each ifconfig_<interface>_alias<n> entry that is found, its contents are passed to ifconfig(8). Ex- ecution stops at the first unsuccessful access, so if some- thing like this is present: ifconfig_ed0_alias0="inet 127.0.0.251 netmask 0xffffffff" ifconfig_ed0_alias1="inet 127.0.0.252 netmask 0xffffffff" ifconfig_ed0_alias2="inet 127.0.0.253 netmask 0xffffffff" ifconfig_ed0_alias4="inet 127.0.0.254 netmask 0xffffffff" Then note that alias4 would not be added since the search would stop with the missing alias3 entry. It is possible to bring up an interface with DHCP by set- ting the ifconfig_<interface> variable to "DHCP". For in- stance, to initialize the ed0 device via DHCP, it is possi- ble to use something like: ifconfig_ed0="DHCP" cloned_interfaces (str) Set to the list of clonable network interfaces to create on this host. Entries in cloned_interfaces are au- tomatically appended to network_interfaces for configura- tion. gif_interfaces (str) Set to the list of gif(4) tunnel interfaces to con- figure on this host. A gifconfig_<interface> variable is assumed to exist for each value of interface. The value of this variable is used to configure the link layer of the tunnel according to the syntax of the tunnel option to ifconfig(8). Additionaly, this option ensures that each listed interface is created via the create option to ifconfig(8) before attempting to configure it. ppp_enable (bool) If set to "YES", run the ppp(8) daemon. ppp_mode (str) Mode in which to run the ppp(8) daemon. Accepted modes are "auto", "ddial", "direct" and "dedicated". See the manual for a full description. ppp_nat (bool) If set to "YES", enables packet aliasing. Used in conjunction with gateway_enable allows hosts on private network addresses access to the Internet using this host as a network address translating router. ppp_profile (str) The name of the profile to use from /etc/ppp/ppp.conf. ppp_user (str) The name of the user under which ppp should be started. By default, ppp is started as "root". rc_conf_files (str) This option is used to specify a list of files that will override the settings in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. The files will be read in the order in which they are specified and should include the full path to the file. By default, the files specified are /etc/rc.conf and /etc/rc.conf.local fsck_y_enable (bool) If set to "YES", fsck(8) will be run with the -y flag if the initial preen of the filesystems fails. syslogd_enable (bool) If set to "YES", run the syslogd(8) daemon. syslogd_program (str) Path to syslogd(8) (default /usr/sbin/syslogd). syslogd_flags (str) If syslogd_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to syslogd(8). inetd_enable (bool) If set to "YES", run the inetd(8) daemon. inetd_program (str) Path to inetd(8) (default /usr/sbin/inetd). inetd_flags (str) If inetd_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to inetd(8). named_enable (bool) If set to "YES", run the named(8) daemon. named_program (str) Path to named(8) (default /usr/sbin/named). named_flags (str) If named_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to named(8). kerberos_server_enable (bool) Set to "YES" to start a Kerberos IV authentication server at boot time. kadmind_server_enable (bool) Set to "YES" to start kadmind(8), the Kerberos IV Administration Daemon; set to "NO" on a slave server. kerberos_stash (str) If "YES", instruct the Kerberos servers to use the stashed master key instead of prompting for it (only if kerberos_server_enable is set to "YES", and is used for both kerberos(1) and kadmind(8)). kerberos5_server_enable (bool) Set to "YES" to start a Kerberos 5 authentication server at boot time. kadmind5_server_enable (bool) Set to "YES" to start k5admind(8), the Kerberos 5 Administration Daemon; set to "NO" on a slave server. rwhod_enable (bool) If set to "YES", run the rwhod(8) daemon at boot time. rwhod_flags (str) If rwhod_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to it. amd_enable (bool) If set to "YES", run the amd(8) daemon at boot time. amd_flags (str) If amd_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to it. See the amd(8) info(1) page for more informa- tion. amd_map_program (str) If set, the specified program is run to get the list of amd(8) maps. For example, if the amd(8) maps are stored in NIS, one can set this to run ypcat(1) to get a list of amd(8) maps from the amd.master NIS map. update_motd (bool) If set to "YES", /etc/motd will be updated at boot time to reflect the kernel release being run. If set to "NO", /etc/motd will not be updated nfs_client_enable (bool) If set to "YES", run the NFS client daemons at boot time. nfs_client_flags (str) If nfs_client_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the nfsiod(8) daemon. nfs_access_cache (int) If nfs_client_enable is set to "YES", this can be set to "0" to disable NFS ACCESS RPC caching, or to the number of seconds for which NFS ACCESS results should be cached. A value of 2-10 seconds will substantially reduce network traffic for many NFS operations. nfs_server_enable (bool) If set to "YES", run the NFS server daemons at boot time. nfs_server_flags (str) If nfs_server_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the nfsd(8) daemon. single_mountd_enable (bool) If set to "YES", and no nfs_server_enable is set, start mountd(8), but not nfsd(8) daemon. It is commonly needed to run CFS without real NFS used. weak_mountd_authentication (bool) If set to "YES", allow services like PCNFSD to make non-privileged mount requests. nfs_reserved_port_only (bool) If set to "YES", provide NFS services only on a se- cure port. nfs_bufpackets (int) If set to a number, indicates the number of packets worth of socket buffer space to reserve on an NFS client. The kernel default is typically 4. Using a higher number may be useful on gigabit networks to improve performance. The minimum value is 2 and the maximum is 64. rpc_lockd_enable (bool) If set to "YES" and also an NFS server, run rpc.lockd(8) at boot time. rpc_statd_enable (bool) If set to "YES" and also an NFS server, run rpc.statd(8) at boot time. portmap_program (str) Path to portmap(8) (default /usr/sbin/portmap). portmap_enable (bool) If set to "YES", run the portmap(8) service at boot time. portmap_flags (str) If portmap_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the portmap(8) daemon. xtend_enable (bool) If set to "YES" then run the xtend(8) daemon at boot time. xtend_flags (str) If xtend_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the xtend(8) daemon. pppoed_enable (bool) If set to "YES" then run the pppoed(8) daemon at boot time to provide PPP over Ethernet services. pppoed_provider (str) pppoed(8) listens to requests to this provider and ultimately runs ppp(8) with a system argument of the same name. pppoed_flags (str) Additional flags to pass to pppoed(8). pppoed_interface (str) The network interface to run pppoed on. This is mandatory when pppoed_enable is set to "YES". timed_enable (boot) If "YES" then run the timed(8) service at boot time. This command is intended for networks of machines where a consistent "network time" for all hosts must be estab- lished. This is often useful in large NFS environments where time stamps on files are expected to be consistent network-wide. timed_flags (str) If timed_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the timed(8) service. ntpdate_enable (bool) If set to "YES", run ntpdate at system startup. This command is intended to synchronize the system clock only once from some standard reference. An option to set this up initially (from a list of known servers) is also provided by the /stand/sysinstall program when the system is first installed. ntpdate_program (str) Path to ntpdate(8) (default /usr/sbin/ntpdate). ntpdate_flags (str) If ntpdate_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the ntpdate(8) command (typically a host- name). xntpd_enable (bool) If set to "YES" then run the ntpd(8) command at boot time. xntpd_program (str) Path to ntpd(8) (default /usr/sbin/ntpd). xntpd_flags (str) If xntpd_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the ntpd(8) daemon. nis_client_enable (bool) If set to "YES" then run the ypbind(8) service at system boot time. nis_client_flags (str) If nis_client_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the ypbind(8) service. nis_ypset_enable (bool) If set to "YES" then run the ypset(8) daemon at sys- tem boot time. nis_ypset_flags (str) If nis_ypset_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the ypset(8) daemon. nis_server_enable (bool) If set to "YES" then run the ypserv(8) daemon at system boot time. nis_server_flags (str) If nis_server_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the ypserv(8) daemon. nis_ypxfrd_enable (bool) If set to "YES" then run the rpc.ypxfrd(8) daemon at system boot time. nis_ypxfrd_flags (str) If nis_ypxfrd_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the rpc.ypxfrd(8) daemon. nis_yppasswdd_enable (bool) If set to "YES" then run the rpc.yppasswdd(8) daemon at system boot time. nis_yppasswdd_flags (str) If nis_yppasswdd_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the rpc.yppasswdd(8) daemon. defaultrouter (str) If not set to "NO" then create a default route to this host name or IP address (use an IP address if this router is also required to get to the name server!). static_routes (str) Set to the list of static routes that are to be added at system boot time. If not set to "NO" then for each whitespace separated element in the value, a route_<element> variable is assumed to exist whose contents will later be passed to a "route add" operation. gateway_enable (bool) If set to "YES", then configure host to at as an IP router, e.g. to forward packets between interfaces. router_enable (bool) If set to "YES" then run a routing daemon of some sort, based on the settings of router and router_flags. router (str) If router_enable is set to "YES", this is the name of the routing daemon to use. router_flags (str) If router_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the routing daemon. mrouted_enable (bool) If set to "YES" then run the multicast routing dae- mon, mrouted(8). mrouted_flags (str) If mrouted_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the multicast routing daemon. ipxgateway_enable (bool) If set to "YES" then enable the routing of IPX traf- fic. ipxrouted_enable (bool) If set to "YES" then run the IPXrouted(8) daemon at system boot time. ipxrouted_flags (str) If ipxrouted_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the IPXrouted(8) daemon. arpproxy_all (bool) If set to "YES" then enable global proxy ARP. forward_sourceroute (bool) If set to "YES" then when gateway_enable is also set to "YES", source routed packets are forwarded. accept_sourceroute (bool) If set to "YES" then the system will accept source routed packets directed at it. rarpd_enable (bool) If set to "YES" then run the rarpd(8) daemon at sys- tem boot time. rarpd_flags (str) If rarpd_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the rarpd(8) daemon. atm_enable (bool) Set to "YES" to enable the configuration of ATM in- terfaces at system boot time. For all of the ATM variables described below, please refer to the atm(8) man page for further details on the available command parameters. Also refer to the files in /usr/share/examples/atm for more de- tailed configuration information. atm_netif__intf_ (str) For the ATM physical interface _intf_, this variable defines the name prefix and count for the ATM network in- terfaces to be created. The value will be passed as the parameters of an "atm set netif _intf_" command. atm_sigmgr__intf_ (str) For the ATM physical interface _intf_, this variable defines the ATM signalling manager to be used. The value will be passed as the parameters of an "atm attach _intf_" command. atm_prefix__intf_ (str) For the ATM physical interface _intf_, this variable defines the NSAP prefix for interfaces using a UNI sig- nalling manager. If set to ILMI, then the prefix will au- tomatically be set via the ilmid(8) daemon. Otherwise, the value will be passed as the parameters of an "atm set prefix _intf_" command. atm_macaddr__intf_ (str) For the ATM physical interface _intf_, this variable defines the MAC address for interfaces using a UNI sig- nalling manager. If set to "NO", then the hardware MAC ad- dress contained in the ATM interface card will be used. Otherwise, the value will be passed as the parameters of an "atm set mac _intf_" command. atm_arpserver__netif_ (str) For the ATM network interface _netif_, this variable defines the ATM address for a host which is to provide AT- MARP service. This variable is only applicable to inter- faces using a UNI signalling manager. If set to local, then this host will become an ATMARP server. The value will be passed as the parameters of an "atm set arpserver _netif_" command. atm_scsparp__netif_ (bool) If set to "YES", then SCSP/ATMARP service for the network interface _netif_ will be initiated using the scspd(8) and atmarpd(8) daemons. This variable is only ap- plicable if `atm_arpserver_<netif> ="local"' is defined. atm_pvcs (str) Set to the list of ATM PVCs to be added at system boot time. For each whitespace separated element in the value, an atm_pvc_<element> variable is assumed to exist. The value of each of these variables will be passed as the parameters of an "atm add pvc" command. atm_arps (str) Set to the list of permanent ATM ARP entries to be added at system boot time. For each whitespace separated element in the value, an atm_arp_<element> variable is as- sumed to exist. The value of each of these variables will be passed as the parameters of an "atm add arp" command. keymap (str) If set to "NO" then no keymap is installed, otherwise the value is used to install the keymap file in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/_value_.kbd keyrate (str) The keyboard repeat speed. Set to "slow", "normal", "fast" or "NO" if the default behavior is desired. keychange (str) If not set to "NO", attempt to program the function keys with the value. The value should be a single string of the form: "_funkey_number_ _new_value_ [_funkey_number_ _new_value_]..." cursor (str) Can be set to the value of "normal", "blink", "destructive" or "NO" to set the cursor behavior explicitly or choose the default behavior. scrnmap (str) If set to "NO" then no screen map is installed, oth- erwise the value is used to install the screen map file in /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps/_value_. font8x16 (str) If set to "NO" then the default 8x16 font value is used for screen size requests, otherwise the value in /usr/share/syscons/fonts/_value_ is used. font8x14 (str) If set to "NO" then the default 8x14 font value is used for screen size requests, otherwise the value in /usr/share/syscons/fonts/_value_ is used. font8x8 (str) If set to "NO" then the default 8x8 font value is used for screen size requests, otherwise the value in /usr/share/syscons/fonts/_value_ is used. blanktime (int) If set to "NO" then the default screen blanking in- terval is used, otherwise it is set to value seconds. saver (str) If not set to "NO", this is the actual screen saver to use (blank, snake, daemon, etc). moused_enable (str) If set to "YES", the moused(8) daemon is started for doing cut/paste selection on the console. moused_type (str) This is the protocol type of the mouse connected to this host. This variable must be set if moused_enable is set to "YES". The moused(8) daemon is able to detect the appropriate mouse type automatically in many cases. Set this variable to "auto" to let the daemon detect it, or se- lect one from the following list if the automatic detection fails. If the mouse is attached to the PS/2 mouse port, choose "auto" or "ps/2", regardless of the brand and model of the mouse. Likewise, if the mouse is attached to the bus mouse port, choose "auto" or "busmouse". All other protocols are for serial mice and will not work with the PS/2 and bus mice. If this is a USB mouse, "auto" is the only protocol type which will work. microsoft Microsoft mouse (serial) intellimouse Microsoft IntelliMouse (serial) mousesystems Mouse systems Corp mouse (serial) mmseries MM Series mouse (serial) logitech Logitech mouse (serial) busmouse A bus mouse mouseman Logitech MouseMan and TrackMan (serial) glidepoint ALPS GlidePoint (serial) thinkingmouse Kensington ThinkingMouse (serial) ps/2 PS/2 mouse mmhittab MM HitTablet (serial) x10mouseremote X10 MouseRemote (serial) versapad Interlink VersaPad (serial) Even if the mouse is not in the above list, it may be com- patible with one in the list. Refer to the man page for moused(8) for compatibility information. It should also be noted that while this is enabled, any other client of the mouse (such as an X server) should ac- cess the mouse through the virtual mouse device: /dev/sysmouse and configure it as a sysmouse type mouse, since all mouse data is converted to this single canonical format when using moused(8). If the client program does not support the sysmouse type, specify the mousesystems type. It is the second preferred type. moused_port (str) If moused_enable is set to "YES", this is the actual port the mouse is on. It might be /dev/cuaa0 for a COM1 serial mouse, /dev/psm0 for a PS/2 mouse or /dev/mse0 for a bus mouse, for example. moused_flags (str) If moused_type is set, these are the additional flags to pass to the moused(8) daemon. allscreens_flags (str) If set, vidcontrol(1) is run with these options for each of the virtual terminals (/dev/ttyv*). For example, "-m on" will enable the mouse pointer on all virtual termi- nals if moused_enable is set to "YES". cron_enable (bool) If set to "YES" then run the cron(8) daemon at sys- tem boot time. cron_program (str) Path to cron(8) (default /usr/sbin/cron). cron_flags (str) If cron_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to cron(8). lpd_program (str) Path to lpd(8) (default /usr/sbin/lpd). lpd_enable (bool) If set to "YES" then run the lpd(8) daemon at system boot time. lpd_flags (str) If lpd_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the lpd(8) daemon. mta_start_script (str) This variable specifies the full path to the script to run to start a mail transfer agent. The default is /etc/rc.sendmail. The sendmail_* variables which /etc/rc.sendmail uses are documented in the rc.sendmail(8) man page. dumpdev (str) Indicates the device (usually a swap partition) to which a crash dump should be written in the event of a sys- tem crash. The value of this variable is passed as the ar- gument to dumpon(8). To disable crash dumps, set this variable to "NO". dumpdir (str) When the system reboots after a crash and a crash dump is found on the device specified by the dumpdev vari- able, savecore(8) will save that crash dump and a copy of the kernel to the directory specified by the dumpdir vari- able. The default value is "/var/crash". Set to "NO" to not run savecore(8) at boot time when dumpdir is set. savecore_flags (str) If crash dumps are enabled, these are the flags to pass to the savecore(8) utility. enable_quotas (bool) Set to "YES" to turn on user disk quotas on system startup via the quotaon(8) command. check_quotas (bool) Set to "YES" to enable user disk quota checking via the quotacheck(8) command. accounting_enable (bool) Set to "YES" to enable system accounting through the accton(8) facility. ibcs2_enable (bool) Set to "YES" to enable iBCS2 (SCO) binary emulation at system initial boot time. ibcs2_loaders (str) If not set to "NO" and if ibcs2_enable is set to "YES", this specifies a list of additional iBCS2 loaders to enable. linux_enable (bool) Set to "YES" to enable Linux/ELF binary emulation at system initial boot time. osf1_enable (bool) Set to "YES" to enable OSF/1 (Digital UNIX) binary emulation at system initial boot time. (alpha) rand_irqs (str) Set to the list of IRQs to monitor for random number creation (see the man page for rndcontrol(8)). clear_tmp_enable (bool) Set to "YES" to have /tmp cleaned at startup. ldconfig_paths (str) Set to the list of shared library paths to use with ldconfig(8). NOTE: /usr/lib will always be added first, so it need not appear in this list. ldconfig_insecure (bool) The ldconfig(8) utility normally refuses to use di- rectories which are writable by anyone except root. Set this variable to "YES" to disable that security check dur- ing system startup. kern_securelevel_enable (bool) Set to "YES" to set the kernel security level at system startup. kern_securelevel (int) The kernel security level to set at startup. The al- lowed range of value ranges from -1 (the compile time de- fault) to 3 (the most secure). See init(8) for the list of possible security levels and their effect on system opera- tion. start_vinum (bool) Set to "YES" to start vinum(8) at system boot time. sshd_program (str) Path to the SSH server program (/usr/sbin/sshd is the default). sshd_enable (bool) Set to "YES" to start sshd(8) at system boot time. sshd_flags (str) If sshd_enable is set to "YES", these are the flags to pass to the sshd(8) daemon. unaligned_print (bool) If set to "NO" then unaligned access warnings will not be printed. (alpha) isdn_enable (bool) Set to "NO" by default. When set to "YES", starts the isdn daemon /usr/sbin/isdnd at system boot time. isdn_flags (str) Set to "-dn -d0x1f9" by default. Additional flags to pass to isdnd(8) (but see isdn_fsdev and isdn_ttype for certain tunable parameters). isdn_ttype (str) Set to "cons25" by default. The terminal type of the output device when isdnd(8) operates in fullscreen mode. isdn_screenflags (str) Set to "NO" by default. The video mode for fullscreen mode (only for syscons(4) console driver, see vidcontrol(1) for valid modes). isdn_fsdev (str) Set to "/dev/ttyv4" by default. The output device for isdnd(8) in fullscreen mode (or "NO" for daemon mode). isdn_trace (bool) Set to "NO" by default. When set to "YES", enables the ISDN protocol trace utility /usr/sbin/isdntrace at sys- tem boot time. isdn_traceflags (str) Set to "-f /var/tmp/isdntrace0" by default. Flags for /usr/sbin/isdntrace. FILES /etc/defaults/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.conf.local SEE ALSO catman(1), gdb(1), info(1), makewhatis(1), vidcontrol(1), tcp(4), udp(4), exports(5), motd(5), accton(8), amd(8), apm(8), atm(8), cron(8), dhclient(8), gated(8), ifconfig(8), inetd(8), isdnd(8), isdntrace(8), lpd(8), moused(8), mrouted(8), named(8), nfsd(8), nfsiod(8), ntpd(8), ntpdate(8), pcnfsd(8), portmap(8), quotacheck(8), quotaon(8), rc(8), rc.sendmail(8), rndcontrol(8), route(8), routed(8), rpc.lockd(8), rpc.statd(8), rpcbind(8), rwhod(8), savecore(8), sshd(8), swapon(8), sysctl(8), syslogd(8), timed(8), vinum(8), vnconfig(8), xtend(8), yp(8), ypbind(8), ypserv(8), ypset(8) HISTORY The rc.conf file appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.2. AUTHORS Jordan K. Hubbard. BSD March 3, 2002 BSD
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