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32.\"     @(#)rc.8	8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
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35.Dd December 11, 1993
36.Dt RC 8
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm rc
40.Nd command scripts for auto\-reboot and daemon startup
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Nm rc.conf
44.Nm rc.conf.local
45.Nm rc.early
46.Nm rc.d
47.Nm rc.serial
48.Nm rc.pccard
49.Nm rc.network
50.Nm rc.firewall
51.Nm rc.atm
52.Nm rc.<arch>
53.Nm rc.local
54.Nm rc.shutdown
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56.Nm Rc
57is the command script which controls the automatic reboot
58(calling the other scripts) and
59.Nm rc.local
60is the script holding commands which are pertinent only
61to a specific site.  Typically, the /usr/local/etc/rc.d
62mechanism is used instead of rc.local these days but if
63you do want to use rc.local, /etc/rc still supports it.
64In this case, rc.local should source /etc/rc.conf and
65contain additional custom startup code for your system.
66.Nm Rc.conf
67contains the global system configuration information referenced
68by the rc files, while
69.Nm rc.conf.local
70contains the local system configuration.
71See
72.Xr rc.conf 5 .
73.Pp
74The
75.Nm rc.d
76directories contain scripts which will be automatically
77executed at boot time and shutdown time.
78At boot time,
79the specified directories are processed immediately after
80.Nm rc.local
81is executed.
82(See below for details on how to specify directories to check.)
83At shutdown time,
84the directories are processed by
85.Nm rc.shutdown .
86The following key points apply to the scripts within each directory:
87.Pp
88.Bl -bullet -compact
89.It
90Scripts are only executed if their
91.Xr basename 1
92matches the shell globbing pattern
93.Pa *.sh ,
94and they are executable.
95Any other files or directories present within the directory are silently
96ignored.
97.It
98When a script is executed at boot time, it is passed the string
99.Dq start
100as its first and only argument.
101At shutdown time, it is passed the string
102.Dq stop
103as its first and only argument.
104All
105.Nm rc.d
106scripts expected to handle these arguments appropriately.
107If no action needs to be taken at a given time
108(either boot time or shutdown time)
109the script should exit successfully and without producing an error message.
110.It
111The scripts within each directory are executed in lexicographical order.
112If a specific order is required,
113numbers may be used as a prefix to the existing filenames,
114so for example
115.Pa 100.foo
116would be executed before
117.Pa 200.bar ;
118without the numeric prefixes the opposite would be true.
119.El
120.Pp
121The output from each script is traditionally a space character,
122followed by the name of the software package being started or shut down,
123.Em without
124a trailing newline character (see the
125.Sx EXAMPLES
126section).
127.Pp
128The system initialization scripts can execute scripts from multiple
129.Nm rc.d
130directories.
131The default locations are
132.Pa /usr/local/etc/rc.d
133and
134.Pa /usr/X11R6/etc/rc.d ,
135but these may be overridden with the
136.Va local_startup
137.Xr rc.conf 5
138variable.
139.Pp
140.Nm Rc.shutdown
141is the command script which contains any necessary commands
142to be executed as the system is shut down.
143.Pp
144When an automatic reboot is in progress,
145.Nm
146is invoked with the argument
147.Em autoboot .
148The first portion of
149.Nm
150runs an
151.Xr fsck 8
152with option
153.Fl p
154to ``preen'' all the disks of minor inconsistencies resulting
155from the last system shutdown and to check for serious inconsistencies
156caused by hardware or software failure.
157If this auto-check and repair succeeds, then the second part of
158.Nm
159is run.
160.Pp
161The second part of
162.Nm ,
163which is run after an auto-reboot succeeds and also if
164.Nm
165is invoked when a single user shell terminates (see
166.Xr init 8 ) ,
167starts all the daemons on the system, preserves editor files
168and clears the scratch directory
169.Pa /tmp .
170.Pp
171.Nm Rc.early
172is run very early in the startup process, immediately before the
173filesystem check.
174.Pp
175.Nm Rc.serial
176is used to set any special configurations for serial devices.
177.Pp
178.Nm Rc.pccard
179is used to enable PC-cards.
180.Pp
181.Nm Rc.network
182is used to start the network.
183The network is started in three passes.
184The first pass sets the hostname and domainname, configures the network
185interfaces, turns on any IP firewall rules, and starts routing.
186The second pass starts most of the network related daemons.
187The third pass starts NFS, amd, rwhod, Kerberos and
188the multicast routing daemon.
189.Pp
190.Nm Rc.firewall
191is used to configure rules for the kernel based firewall
192service.
193It has several possible options:
194.Pp
195.Bl -tag -width "fBfilename" -compact -offset indent
196.It open
197will allow anyone in.
198.It client
199will try to protect just this machine.
200.It simple
201will try to protect a whole network.
202.It closed
203totally disables IP services except via lo0 interface.
204.It UNKNOWN
205disables the loading of firewall rules.
206.It filename
207will load the rules in the given filename (full path required).
208.El
209.Pp
210.Nm Rc.atm
211is used to configure ATM network interfaces.
212The interfaces are configured in three passes.
213The first pass performs the initial interface configuration.
214The second pass completes the interface configuration and defines PVCs and
215permanent ATMARP entries.
216The third pass starts any ATM daemons.
217.Pp
218.Nm Rc.<arch>
219runs architecture specific programs.
220.Pp
221.Nm Rc.local
222is executed after the scripts above, but before the rest of the
223.Nm
224file is completed.
225In a default installation
226.Nm rc.local
227does not exist, but its contents will be executed if the file is created
228by the administrator.
229.Pp
230Following tradition, the startup files reside in
231.Pa /etc .
232.Sh EXAMPLES
233The following is a simple, hypothetical example of an
234.Nm rc.d
235script,
236which would start a daemon at boot time,
237and kill it at shutdown time.
238.Bd -literal -offset indent
239#!/bin/sh -
240#
241#    initialization/shutdown script for foobar package
242
243case "$1" in
244start)
245	/usr/local/sbin/foo -d && echo -n ' foo'
246	;;
247stop)
248	kill `cat /var/run/foo.pid` && echo -n ' foo'
249	;;
250*)
251	echo "unknown option: $1 - should be 'start' or 'stop'" >&2
252	;;
253esac
254.Ed
255.Pp
256As all processes are killed by
257.Xr init 8
258at shutdown, the explicit
259.Xr kill 1
260is unnecessary, but is often included.
261.Sh SEE ALSO
262.Xr kill 1 ,
263.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
264.Xr init 8 ,
265.Xr reboot 8 ,
266.Xr savecore 8
267.Sh HISTORY
268The
269.Nm
270command appeared in
271.Bx 4.0 .
272