Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 23:41:55 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Curt Sampson <cjs@portal.ca>, Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/netstart bogons.. Message-ID: <199705012241.XAA13307@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 24 Apr 1997 12:09:10 PDT." <387.861908950@time.cdrom.com>
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Sorry for the lag - better late than never....
> OK, I haven't done anything with DEFAULT so far but here's the
> rest of my changes relative to FreeBSD.
>
> There are two files added (rc.conf and rc.network) and two files
> deleted (sysconfig and netstart), so it's probably easiest for folks
> to move the two deleted files out the way and unpack the attached shar
> file into their /usr/src/etc directories, applying the patches as well
> and then installing the relevant bits into /etc. You should then
> customize the new rc.conf file to taste using the old sysconfig file
> as a guide.
>
> If this meets with general approval, I then (boy scout's honor)
> promise to also write (and commit with the rest of the stuff) an
> rc.conf(8) man page which contains the much longer and more detailed
> information that sysconfig used to but which also made sysconfig
> unreadable and that much more difficult to customize.
[.....]
> Xswapfile=NO # Set to name of swapfile if aux swapfile desired.
> Xapm_enable=NO # Set to YES if you want APM enabled.
> Xpccard_enable=NO # Set to YES if you want to configure PCCARD devices.
> Xpccard_mem=DEFAULT # If pccard_enable=YES, this is card memory address.
> Xpccard_ifconfig=NO # Specialized pccard ethernet configuration (or NO).
> Xlocal_startup="/usr/local/etc/rc.d /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d" # startup script dirs.
> X
> X
> X##############################################################
> X### Network configuration sub-section ######################
> X##############################################################
> X
> X### Basic network options: ###
> Xhostname=myname.my.domain # Set this!
> Xnisdomainname=NO # Set to NIS domain if using NIS (or NO).
> Xfirewall=NO # Set to firewall type or NO for none.
> Xtcp_extentions=YES # Allow RFC1323 & RFC1544 extentions (or NO).
> Xnetwork_interfaces="lo0" # List of network interfaces (lo0 is loopback).
> Xifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" # default loopback device configuration.
ifconfig_lo0_alias0="inet 127.0.0.254 netmask 0xffffffff"
would be nice - to remind people that it's possible.
> X
> X### Network daemon (miscellaneous) & NFS options: ###
> Xsyslogd_enable=YES # Run syslog daemon (or NO).
> Xsyslogd_flags="" # Flags to syslogd (if enabled).
> Xnamed_enable=NO # Run named, the DNS server (or NO).
> Xnamed_flags="" # Flags to named (if enabled).
Good so far.
> Xkerberos_server_enable=NO # Run a kerberos master server (or NO).
kerberos_server_flags=""
kadmind_flags="-n"
> Xrwhod_enable=NO # Run the rwho daemon (or NO).
rwhod_flags=""
> Xamd_enable=NO # Run amd service with $amd_flags (or NO).
> Xamd_flags="-a /net -c 1800 -k i386 -d my.domain -l syslog /host /etc/amd.map"
> Xnfs_client_enable=NO # This host is an NFS client (or NO).
nfs_client_flags="-n 4"
> Xnfs_server_enable=NO # This host is an NFS server (or NO).
mountd_flags=""
nfs_server_flags="-u -t 4"
> Xweak_mountd_authentication=NO # Running PCNFSD / other non-root nfsd (or NO).
This is inconsistent - I think mountd_flags should be used (it's already
assigned in rc.networks....)
> Xnfs_reserved_port_only=NO # Provide NFS only on secure port (or NO).
> Xrpc_lockd_enable=NO # Run NFS rpc.lockd (*broken!*) if nfs_server.
rpc_lockd_flags=""
> Xrpc_statd_enable=YES # Run NFS rpc.statd if nfs_server (or NO).
rpc_statd_flags=""
> Xportmap_enable=YES # Run the portmapper service (or NO).
> Xportmap_flags="" # Flags to portmap (if enabled).
> Xxtend_enable=NO # Run the X-10 power controller daemon.
> Xxtend_flags="" # Flags to xtend (if enabled).
> X
> X### Network Time Services options: ###
> Xtimed_enabled=NO # Run the time daemon (or NO).
> Xtimed_flags="" # Flags to timed (if enabled).
> Xntpdate_enable=NO # Run the ntpdate to sync time (or NO).
> Xntpdate_flags="" # Flags to ntpdate (if enabled).
> Xxntpd_enable=NO # Run xntpd Network Time Protocol (or NO).
> Xxntpd_flags="" # Flags to xntpd (if enabled).
> Xtickadj_enable=YES # If xntp is enabled, also run tickadj.
> Xtickadj_flags="-Aq" # Flags to tickadj (if enabled).
> X
> X# Network Information Services (NIS) options: ###
> Xnis_client_enable=NO # We're an NIS client (or NO)
> Xnis_client_flags="" # Flags to ypbind (if enabled).
> Xnis_ypset_enable=NO # Run ypset at boot time (or NO).
> Xnis_ypset_flags="" # Flags to ypset (if enabled).
> Xnis_server_enable=NO # We're an NIS server (or NO)
> Xnis_server_flags="" # Flags to ypserv (if enabled).
> Xnis_ypxfrd_enable=NO # Run rpc.ypxfrd at boot time (or NO).
> Xnis_ypxfrd_flags="" # Flags to rpc.ypxfrd (if enabled).
> Xnis_yppasswd_enable=NO # Run rpc.yppasswd at boot time (or NO).
> Xnis_yppasswd_flags="" # Flags to rpc.yppasswd (if enabled).
> X
> X### Network routing options: ###
> Xdefaultrouter=NO # Set to default gateway (or NO).
> Xstatic_routes="" # Set to static route list (or leave empty).
> Xgateway_enable=NO # Set to YES if this host will be a gateway.
> Xrouter_enable=YES # Set to YES to enable a routing daemon.
> Xrouter=routed # Name of routing daemon to use if enabled.
> Xrouter_flags=-q # Flags for routing daemon.
> Xmrouted_enable=NO # Do multicast routing (see /etc/mrouted.conf)
mrouted_flags=""
This variable is already used in rc.network, but not mentioned here (yet).
> Xipxgateway_enable=NO # Set to YES to enable IPX routing.
> Xipxrouted_enable=NO # Set to YES to run the IPX routing daemon.
> Xipxrouted_flags="" # Flags for IPX routing daemon.
> X
> X
> X##############################################################
> X### System console options #################################
> X##############################################################
> X
> Xkeymap=NO # keymap in /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/* (or NO).
> Xkeyrate=NO # Keyboard rate to: slow, normal, fast (or NO).
> Xkeychange=NO # function keys default values (or NO).
> Xcursor=NO # cursor type {normal|blink|destructive} (or NO).
> Xscrnmap=NO # screen map in /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps/* (or NO).
> Xfont8x16=NO # font 8x16 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO).
> Xfont8x14=NO # font 8x14 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO).
> Xfont8x8=NO # font 8x8 from /usr/share/syscons/fonts/* (or NO).
> Xblanktime=NO # blank time (in seconds) or "NO" to turn it off.
> Xsaver=NO # screen saver desired: blank/green/snake/star/NO.
moused_enable="NO"
moused_flags="-p /dev/cuaa0 -t ps/2"
> Xmousedtype=NO # See man page for rc.conf(8) for available settings.
> Xmousedport=/dev/cuaa0 # Set to your mouse port (required if mousetype set)
> Xmousedflags="" # Any additional flags to moused.
Nope, nope, nope. The last three lines are inconsistent.
> X
> X
> X##############################################################
> X### Miscellaneous administrative options ###################
> X##############################################################
> X
> Xlpd=YES # Run the line printer daemon
Nope.
lpd_enable="YES"
lpd_flags=""
> Xsendmail_enable=YES # Run the sendmail daemon (or NO).
> Xsendmail_flags="-bd -q30m" # -bd is pretty mandatory
> Xsavecore_enable=NO # Save kernel crashdumps for debugging (or NO).
savecore_flags="/var/crash"
> Xdumpdev=NO # Device name to crashdump to (if enabled).
> Xcheck_quotas=NO # Check quotas (or NO).
> Xaccounting=NO # Turn on process accounting (or NO).
> Xibcs2_enable=NO # Ibcs2 (SCO) emulation loaded at startup (or NO).
This must be the only server without any possible flags, but I
think it's worth staying consistent:
ibcs2_flags=""
> Xlinux_aout_enable=NO # Linux a.out emulation loaded at startup (or NO).
> Xrand_irqs="NO" # Stir the entropy pool (or NO).
> END-of-rc.conf
> echo x - rc.network
> sed 's/^X//' >rc.network << 'END-of-rc.network'
> X#!/bin/sh -
> X#
> X# $Id$
> X# From: @(#)netstart 5.9 (Berkeley) 3/30/91
> X
> X# Note that almost all the user-configurable behavior is no longer in
> X# this file, but rather in /etc/rc.conf. Please check that file
> X# first before contemplating any changes here. If you do need to change
> X# this file for some reason, we would like to know about it.
> X
> X# First pass startup stuff.
[.....]
I definitely prefer the syntax
if [ "${lpd_enable-YES}" = YES ]; then
echo -n lpd; lpd $lpd_flags
fi
if [ "${ipxrouted_enable-NO} = YES ]; then
echo -n ipxrouted; ipxrouted $ipxrouted_flags
fi
It makes it clearer what's going on. I don't think the difference
between "if var isn't NO" and "if var is YES" is good at all - you
have to double-take to figure out what's going on.
My $0.02.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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