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35.Dd December 11, 1993
36.Dt RC 8
37.Os BSD 4
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm rc
40.Nd command scripts for auto\-reboot and daemon startup
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm rc
43.Nm rc.conf
44.Nm rc.conf.local
45.Nm rc.serial
46.Nm rc.pccard
47.Nm rc.network
48.Nm rc.firewall
49.Nm rc.atm
50.Nm rc.<arch>
51.Nm rc.local
52.Nm rc.shutdown
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54.Nm Rc
55is the command script which controls the automatic reboot
56(calling the other scripts) and
57.Nm rc.local
58is the script holding commands which are pertinent only
59to a specific site.
60.Nm Rc.conf
61contains the global system configuration information referenced
62by the rc files, while
63.Nm rc.conf.local
64contains the local system configuration.
65.Pp
66.Nm Rc.shutdown
67is the command script which contains any necessary commands
68to be executed as the system is shut down.
69.Pp
70When an automatic reboot is in progress,
71.Nm rc
72is invoked with the argument
73.Em autoboot .
74The first portion of
75.Nm rc
76runs an
77.Xr fsck 8
78with option
79.Fl p
80to ``preen'' all the disks of minor inconsistencies resulting
81from the last system shutdown and to check for serious inconsistencies
82caused by hardware or software failure.
83If this auto-check and repair succeeds, then the second part of
84.Nm rc
85is run.
86.Pp
87The second part of
88.Nm rc ,
89which is run after an auto-reboot succeeds and also if
90.Nm rc
91is invoked when a single user shell terminates (see
92.Xr init 8 ) ,
93starts all the daemons on the system, preserves editor files
94and clears the scratch directory
95.Pa /tmp .
96.Pp
97.Nm Rc.serial
98is used to set any special configurations for serial devices.
99.Pp
100.Nm Rc.pccard
101is used to enable PC-cards.
102.Pp
103.Nm Rc.network
104is used to start the network.
105The network is started in three passes.
106The first pass sets the hostname and domainname, configures the network
107interfaces, turns on any IP firewall rules, and starts routing.
108The second pass starts most of the network related daemons.
109The third pass starts NFS, amd, rwhod, Kerberos and
110the multicast routing daemon.
111.Pp
112.Nm Rc.firewall
113is used to configure rules for the kernel based firewall
114service. It has several possible options:
115.Pp
116.Bl -tag -width "fBfilename" -compact -offset indent
117.It open
118will allow anyone in.
119.It client
120will try to protect just this machine.
121.It simple
122will try to protect a whole network.
123.It closed
124totally disables IP services except via lo0 interface.
125.It UNKNOWN
126disables the loading of firewall rules.
127.It filename
128will load the rules in the given filename (full path required).
129.El
130.Pp
131.Nm Rc.atm
132is used to configure ATM network interfaces.
133The interfaces are configured in three passes.
134The first pass performs the initial interface configuration.
135The second pass completes the interface configuration and defines PVCs and
136permanent ATMARP entries.
137The third pass starts any ATM daemons.
138.Pp
139.Nm Rc.<arch>
140runs architecture specific programs.
141.Pp
142.Nm Rc.local
143is executed after the scripts above, but before the rest of the
144.Nm rc
145file is completed.
146Presently, all
147.Nm rc.local
148does is to put version information in
149.Pa /etc/motd .
150.Pp
151Following tradition, the startup files reside in
152.Pa /etc .
153.Sh SEE ALSO
154.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
155.Xr init 8 ,
156.Xr reboot 8 ,
157.Xr savecore 8
158.Sh HISTORY
159The
160.Nm
161command appeared in
162.Bx 4.0 .
163