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26.Dd April 12, 2020
27.Dt BSDCONFIG 8
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm bsdconfig
31.Nd system configuration utility
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.Nm
34.Op Fl h
35.Nm
36.Ar command
37.Op Fl h
38.Nm
39.Op OPTIONS
40.Op command Op OPTIONS
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42.Nm
43is used to set up many system configuration settings, both for new systems, as
44well as changing configuration settings of existing systems.
45.Pp
46.Nm
47optionally takes a command as an argument.
48If invoked with no arguments, it will bring up an interactive menu listing the
49available modules.
50.Pp
51The following options are available:
52.Bl -tag -width indent+
53.It Fl d
54Provide lots of debugging info on standard-out when running.
55.It Fl D Ar file
56Send debugging info to file.
57If file begins with a plus-sign debug info is sent to both standard-out and
58file (minus the leading plus).
59.It Fl f Ar file
60Load
61.Ar file
62as script and then exit.
63If multiple occurrences, program will only exit after last occurrence.
64If
65.Ar file
66is a single dash
67.Pq Sq Fl ,
68.Nm
69reads from standard input.
70.It Fl h
71Print usage statement and exit.
72.It Fl S
73Secure X11 mode
74.Pq implies Fl X .
75As root, always prompt-for and validate
76.Xr sudo 8 Pq Pa ports/security/sudo
77username/password before starting.
78.It Fl X
79Use
80.Xr Xdialog 1 Pq Pa ports/x11/xdialog
81in place of
82.Xr dialog 1 .
83.El
84.Sh COMMANDS
85The following commands
86.Pq sorted alphabetically
87are currently included in the base
88.Nm
89program, with more to be added soon.
90Other commands can be added, as detailed below in the
91.Cm ADDING COMMANDS
92section, and once added, will appear in the master menu as well as in the
93.Cm -h
94listing.
95.Bl -tag -width ".Cm syscons_screenmap"
96.It Cm console
97Utilities to customize the behavior of the system console.
98.It Cm defaultrouter
99Shortcut to the Default Router/Gateway menu under networking.
100.It Cm diskmgmt
101Manage disk partitions and/or labels.
102Executes
103.Xr sade 8 .
104.It Cm docsinstall
105Executes the
106.Cm bsdinstall docsinstall
107sub-utility to allow installation/re-installation of the FreeBSD Documentation
108set(s).
109.It Cm dot
110Generate a graphviz
111.Xr dot 1 Pq Pa ports/graphics/graphviz
112language file
113.Pq printed on stdout
114visualizing the
115.Nm
116menu, include, and shortcut structure relationships.
117See
118.Dq bsdconfig dot -h
119for more details.
120.It Cm groupadd
121Shortcut to the Add Groups menu under groupmgmt.
122.It Cm groupdel
123Shortcut to the Delete Groups menu under groupmgmt.
124.It Cm groupedit
125Shortcut to the Edit/View Groups menu under groupmgmt.
126.It Cm groupmgmt
127Utilities to Add/Change/View/Delete Group Accounts.
128.It Cm hostname
129Shortcut to the Hostname/Domain menu under networking.
130.It Cm kern_securelevel
131Shortcut to the kern.securelevel menu under security.
132.It Cm mouse
133Utilities for configuring, exploring, and enabling console mouse support.
134.It Cm mouse_disable
135Shortcut to the Disable menu under mouse.
136.It Cm mouse_enable
137Shortcut to the Enable menu under mouse.
138.It Cm mouse_flags
139Shortcut to the Flags menu under mouse.
140.It Cm mouse_port
141Shortcut to the Port menu under mouse.
142.It Cm mouse_type
143Shortcut to the Type menu under mouse.
144.It Cm nameservers
145Shortcut to the DNS Nameservers menu under networking.
146.It Cm netdev
147Shortcut to the Network Interfaces menu under networking.
148.It Cm networking
149Utilities to set/change Hostname/Domain, Network Interfaces, Wireless
150Network, Default Router/Gateway, and DNS Nameservers.
151.It Cm packages
152Browse, install, uninstall, or re-install packaged software.
153.It Cm password
154Set the system administrator
155.Pq root
156password.
157.It Cm security
158Configure various system security settings.
159.It Cm startup
160Configure various aspects of system startup.
161.It Cm startup_misc
162Shortcut to the Miscellaneous Startup Services menu under startup.
163.It Cm startup_rcadd
164Shortcut to the Add New menu under the View/Edit Startup Configuration menu
165(startup_rcconf) of startup.
166.It Cm startup_rcconf
167Shortcut to the View/Edit Startup Configuration menu under startup.
168.It Cm startup_rcdelete
169Shortcut to the Delete menu under the View/Edit Startup Configuration menu
170(startup_rcconf) of startup.
171.It Cm startup_rcvar
172Shortcut to the Toggle Startup Services menu under startup.
173.\" use neutral name, e.g. console_keymap instead of syscons_keymap?
174.\" font (encoding) selection not applicable to vt(4)!
175.It Cm syscons_font
176Shortcut to the Font menu under console.
177.\" .It Cm console_keymap
178.\" Shortcut to the Keymap menu under console.
179.It Cm syscons_keymap
180Shortcut to the Keymap menu under console.
181.\" .It Cm vt_repeat
182.\" Shortcut to the Repeat menu under console.
183.It Cm syscons_repeat
184Shortcut to the Repeat menu under console.
185.\" .It Cm vt_saver
186.\" Shortcut to the Saver menu under console.
187.It Cm syscons_saver
188Shortcut to the Saver menu under console.
189.\" screenmap (encoding) selection not applicable to vt(4)!
190.It Cm syscons_screenmap
191Shortcut to the Screenmap menu under console.
192.\" .It Cm vt_syscons_ttys
193.\" Shortcut to the Ttys menu under console.
194.It Cm syscons_ttys
195Shortcut to the Ttys menu under console.
196.It Cm timezone
197Set the regional timezone of the local machine.
198.It Cm ttys
199Edit the
200.Xr ttys 5
201database with your favorite editor.
202.It Cm useradd
203Shortcut to the Add Users menu under usermgmt.
204.It Cm userdel
205Shortcut to the Delete Users menu under usermgmt.
206.It Cm useredit
207Shortcut to the Edit/View Users menu under usermgmt.
208.It Cm usermgmt
209Utilities to Add/Edit/View/Delete User Accounts.
210.It Cm wireless
211Shortcut to the Wireless Networks menu under networking.
212.El
213.Sh INTERNATIONALIZATION
214i18n features are built into
215.Nm
216and language-specific translation files will be added as they become available.
217In the absence of language-specific translation files, the default
218.Pq en_US.ISO8859-1
219files will be used.
220.Sh ADDING COMMANDS
221To be documented later.
222Document menu_selection="command|*" syntax of INDEX files.
223.Sh ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
224The following environment variables affect the execution of
225.Nm :
226.Bl -tag -width ".Ev LC_ALL"
227.It Ev LANG
228If LANG is set, messages and index information will be read from files named
229messages.$LANG and INDEX.$LANG and fall back to files named messages and INDEX
230if messages.$LANG and INDEX.$LANG do not exist.
231LANG takes precedence over LC_ALL.
232.It Ev LC_ALL
233If LC_ALL is set, messages and index information will be read from files named
234messages.$LC_ALL and INDEX.$LC_ALL and fall back to files named messages and
235INDEX if messages.$LC_ALL and INDEX.$LC_ALL do not exist.
236.El
237.Sh FILES
238/usr/share/examples/bsdconfig/bsdconfigrc can be copied to $HOME/.bsdconfigrc
239and customized as needed.
240.Sh EXIT STATUS
241.Ex -std
242.Sh SEE ALSO
243.Xr bsdinstall 8
244.Sh HISTORY
245.Nm
246first appeared in
247.Fx 9.2 .
248.Sh AUTHORS
249.An Ron McDowell
250.An Devin Teske Aq Mt dteske@FreeBSD.org
251.Sh BUGS
252The docsinstall and diskmgmt modules call bsdinstall.
253Bugs found in these modules should be considered those of bsdinstall, not
254.Nm .
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