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26.\" $FreeBSD$
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28.Dd Jun 5, 2013
29.Dt BSDCONFIG 8
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm bsdconfig
33.Nd system configuration utility
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Nm
36.Op Fl h
37.Nm
38.Ar command
39.Op Fl h
40.Nm
41.Op OPTIONS
42.Op command Op OPTIONS
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44.Nm
45is used to set up many system configuration settings, both for new systems, as
46well as changing configuration settings of existing systems.
47.Pp
48.Nm
49optionally takes a command as an argument.
50If invoked with no arguments, it will bring up an interactive menu listing the
51available modules.
52.Pp
53The following options are available:
54.Bl -tag -width indent+
55.It Fl d
56Provide lots of debugging info on standard-out when running.
57.It Fl D Ar file
58Send debugging info to file.
59If file begins with a plus-sign debug info is sent to both standard-out and
60file (minus the leading plus).
61.It Fl f Ar file
62Load
63.Ar file
64as script and then exit.
65If multiple occurrences, program will only exit after last occurrence.
66If
67.Ar file
68is a single dash
69.Pq Sq Fl ,
70.Nm
71reads from standard input.
72.It Fl h
73Print usage statement and exit.
74.It Fl S
75Secure X11 mode
76.Pq implies Fl X .
77As root, always prompt-for and validate
78.Xr sudo 8
79username/password before starting.
80.It Fl X
81Use
82.Xr Xdialog 1
83in place of
84.Xr dialog 1 .
85.El
86.Sh COMMANDS
87The following commands
88.Pq sorted alphabetically
89are currently included in the base
90.Nm
91program, with more to be added soon.
92Other commands can be added, as detailed below in the
93.Cm ADDING COMMANDS
94section, and once added, will appear in the master menu as well as in the
95.Cm -h
96listing.
97.Bl -tag -width ".Cm syscons_screenmap"
98.It Cm console
99Utilities to customize the behavior of the system console.
100.It Cm defaultrouter
101Shortcut to the Default Router/Gateway menu under networking.
102.It Cm diskmgmt
103Manage disk partitions and/or labels.
104Executes
105.Xr sade 8 .
106.It Cm docsinstall
107Executes the
108.Cm bsdinstall docsinstall
109sub-utility to allow installation/re-installation of the FreeBSD Documentation
110set(s).
111.It Cm dot
112Generate a graphviz
113.Xr dot 1
114language file
115.Pq printed on stdout
116visualizing the
117.Nm
118menu, include, and shortcut structure relationships.
119See
120.Dq bsdconfig dot -h
121for more details.
122.It Cm groupadd
123Shortcut to the Add Groups menu under groupmgmt.
124.It Cm groupdel
125Shortcut to the Delete Groups menu under groupmgmt.
126.It Cm groupedit
127Shortcut to the Edit/View Groups menu under groupmgmt.
128.It Cm groupmgmt
129Utilities to Add/Change/View/Delete Group Accounts.
130.It Cm hostname
131Shortcut to the Hostname/Domain menu under networking.
132.It Cm kern_securelevel
133Shortcut to the kern.securelevel menu under security.
134.It Cm mouse
135Utilities for configuring, exploring, and enabling console mouse support.
136.It Cm mouse_disable
137Shortcut to the Disable menu under mouse.
138.It Cm mouse_enable
139Shortcut to the Enable menu under mouse.
140.It Cm mouse_flags
141Shortcut to the Flags menu under mouse.
142.It Cm mouse_port
143Shortcut to the Port menu under mouse.
144.It Cm mouse_type
145Shortcut to the Type menu under mouse.
146.It Cm nameservers
147Shortcut to the DNS Nameservers menu under networking.
148.It Cm netdev
149Shortcut to the Network Interfaces menu under networking.
150.It Cm networking
151Utilities to set/change Hostname/Domain, Network Interfaces, Default
152Router/Gateway, and DNS Nameservers.
153.It Cm packages
154Browse, install, uninstall, or re-install packaged software.
155.It Cm password
156Set the system administrator
157.Pq root
158password.
159.It Cm security
160Configure various system security settings.
161.It Cm startup
162Configure various aspects of system startup.
163.It Cm startup_misc
164Shortcut to the Miscellaneous Startup Services menu under startup.
165.It Cm startup_rcadd
166Shortcut to the Add New menu under the View/Edit Startup Configuration menu
167(startup_rcconf) of startup.
168.It Cm startup_rcconf
169Shortcut to the View/Edit Startup Configuration menu under startup.
170.It Cm startup_rcdelete
171Shortcut to the Delete menu under the View/Edit Startup Configuration menu
172(startup_rcconf) of startup.
173.It Cm startup_rcvar
174Shortcut to the Toggle Startup Services menu under startup.
175.It Cm syscons_font
176Shortcut to the Font menu under console.
177.It Cm syscons_keymap
178Shortcut to the Keymap menu under console.
179.It Cm syscons_repeat
180Shortcut to the Repeat menu under console.
181.It Cm syscons_saver
182Shortcut to the Saver menu under console.
183.It Cm syscons_screenmap
184Shortcut to the Screenmap menu under console.
185.It Cm syscons_ttys
186Shortcut to the Ttys menu under console.
187.It Cm timezone
188Set the regional timezone of the local machine.
189.It Cm ttys
190Edit the
191.Xr ttys 5
192database with your favorite editor.
193.It Cm useradd
194Shortcut to the Add Users menu under usermgmt.
195.It Cm userdel
196Shortcut to the Delete Users menu under usermgmt.
197.It Cm useredit
198Shortcut to the Edit/View Users menu under usermgmt.
199.It Cm usermgmt
200Utilities to Add/Edit/View/Delete User Accounts.
201.El
202.Sh INTERNATIONALIZATION
203i18n features are built into
204.Nm
205and language-specific translation files will be added as they become available.
206In the absence of language-specific translation files, the default
207.Pq en_US.ISO8859-1
208files will be used.
209.Sh ADDING COMMANDS
210To be documented later.
211Document menu_selection="command|*" syntax of INDEX files.
212.Sh ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
213The following environment variables affect the execution of
214.Nm :
215.Bl -tag -width ".Ev LC_ALL"
216.It Ev LANG
217If LANG is set, messages and index information will be read from files named
218messages.$LANG and INDEX.$LANG and fall back to files named messages and INDEX
219if messages.$LANG and INDEX.$LANG do not exist.
220LANG takes precedence over LC_ALL.
221.It Ev LC_ALL
222If LC_ALL is set, messages and index information will be read from files named
223messages.$LC_ALL and INDEX.$LC_ALL and fall back to files named messages and
224INDEX if messages.$LC_ALL and INDEX.$LC_ALL do not exist.
225.El
226.Sh FILES
227/usr/share/examples/bsdconfig/bsdconfigrc can be copied to $HOME/.bsdconfigrc
228and customized as needed.
229.Sh EXIT STATUS
230.Ex -std
231.Sh SEE ALSO
232.Xr bsdinstall 8
233.Sh HISTORY
234.Nm
235first appeared in
236.Fx 9.2 .
237.Sh AUTHORS
238.An Ron McDowell
239.An Devin Teske Aq dteske@FreeBSD.org
240.Sh BUGS
241The docsinstall and diskmgmt modules call bsdinstall.
242Bugs found in these modules should be considered those of bsdinstall, not
243.Nm .
244