rc.conf - system daemon configuration database
This file contains a series of Bourne-shell syntax assignments that are
used to configure the system daemons. It is not read by the
kernel, but
is sourced by various other files in the /etc/rc.* series
in order to
set shell variables used therein to control the behaviour of
the scripts.
It is advisable to leave the /etc/rc.conf file untouched,
and instead
create and edit a new /etc/rc.conf.local file. Variables
set in this
file will override variables previously set in /etc/rc.conf.
There are three sections in this file. The first is used to
turn features
on or off. For example, whether the system runs the
routed daemon
is determined by the line in this section
routed=NO # for normal use: "-q"
If this line is edited to contain some valid routed daemon
command-line
flags, such as
routed="-q" # for normal use: "-q"
then the routed daemon will be started with those options.
The second section contains some other programs that can either be run or
not, but that don't need options. They can be set to YES or
NO. For example,
the line
nfs_server=NO
prevents the NFS server daemons from starting. To run NFS,
just change
this line's value from NO to YES, and also make whatever
changes are
needed for the server to have something to do (set up the
exports(5) file
etc.).
The third section contains values that parameterize servers
started by
one of the first two sections, and are ignored if the corresponding server
is not running. For example, if nfs_server, is enabled,
then the line
nfsd_flags="-tun 4"
provides command-line arguments for the NFS server.
This particular line instructs nfsd(8) to start four copies
of the server.
On a busy file server, 8 (or more) copies are recommended.
init(8), rc(8)
and the detailed documentation given for each server that is
configurable
in this fashion.
The rc.conf file first appeared in OpenBSD 2.2.
OpenBSD 3.6 January 5, 1998
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