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 NETCONFIG 4 "Nov 18, 2003"
 NAME
netconfig - network configuration database
 SYNOPSIS

/etc/netconfig


 DESCRIPTION

The network configuration database, /etc/netconfig, is a system file used
to store information about networks that are connected to the system. The
netconfig database and the routines that access it (see
getnetconfig(3NSL)) are part of the Network Selection component. The
Network Selection component also includes getnetpath(3NSL) routines to
provide application-specific network search paths. These routines access the
netconfig database based on the environment variable NETPATH. See
environ(5).

netconfig contains an entry for each network available on the system.
Entries are separated by newlines. Fields are separated by whitespace and occur
in the order in which they are described below. Whitespace can be embedded as
``\eblank'' or ``\etab''. Backslashes may be embedded
as ``\e\e''. Lines in /etc/netconfig that begin with a #
(hash) in column 1 are treated as comments.

Each of the valid lines in the netconfig database correspond to an
available transport. Each entry is of the form:
network ID semantics flag protocol-family \e
 protocol-name network-device translation-libraries


network ID

A string used to uniquely identify a network. network ID consists of
non-null characters, and has a length of at least 1. No maximum length is
specified. This namespace is locally significant and the local system
administrator is the naming authority. All network IDs on a system must
be unique.


semantics

The semantics field is a string identifying the ``semantics'' of the
network, that is, the set of services it supports, by identifying the service
interface it provides. The semantics field is mandatory. The following
semantics are recognized.
tpi_clts

Transport Provider Interface, connectionless


tpi_cots

Transport Provider Interface, connection oriented


tpi_cots_ord

Transport Provider Interface, connection oriented, supports orderly release.


flag

The flag field records certain two-valued (``true'' and ``false'')
attributes of networks. flag is a string composed of a combination of
characters, each of which indicates the value of the corresponding attribute.
If the character is present, the attribute is ``true.'' If the character is
absent, the attribute is ``false.'' ``-'' indicates that none of the
attributes are present. Only one character is currently recognized:
v

Visible (``default'') network. Used when the environment variable NETPATH
is unset.


protocol family

The protocol family and protocol name fields are provided for
protocol-specific applications. The protocol family field contains a
string that identifies a protocol family. The protocol family identifier
follows the same rules as those for network IDs; the string consists of
non-null characters, it has a length of at least 1, and there is no
maximum length specified. A ``-'' in the protocol family field
indicates that no protocol family identifier applies (the network is
experimental). The following are examples:
loopback

Loopback (local to host).


inet

Internetwork: UDP, TCP, and the like.


inet6

Internetwork over IPv6: UDP, TCP, and the like.


implink

ARPANET imp addresses


pup

PUP protocols: for example, BSP


chaos

MIT CHAOS protocols


ns

XEROX NS protocols


nbs

NBS protocols


ecma

European Computer Manufacturers Association


datakit

DATAKIT protocols


ccitt

CCITT protocols, X.25, and the like.


sna

IBM SNA


decnet

DECNET


dli

Direct data link interface


lat

LAT


hylink

NSC Hyperchannel


appletalk

Apple Talk


nit

Network Interface Tap


ieee802

IEEE 802.2; also ISO 8802


osi

Umbrella for all families used by OSI (for example, protosw lookup)


x25

CCITT X.25 in particular


osinet

AFI = 47, IDI = 4


gosip

U.S. Government OSI


protocol name

The protocol name field contains a string that identifies a protocol. The
protocol name identifier follows the same rules as those for network
IDs; that is, the string consists of non-NULL characters, it has a length of
at least 1, and there is no maximum length specified. A ``-''
indicates that none of the names listed apply. The following protocol names are
recognized.
tcp

Transmission Control Protocol


udp

User Datagram Protocol


icmp

Internet Control Message Protocol


network device

The network device is the full pathname of the device used to connect to
the transport provider. Typically, this device will be in the /dev
directory. The network device must be specified.


translation libraries

The name-to-address translation libraries support a ``directory service''
(a name-to-address mapping service) for the network. A ``-'' in this
field indicates the absence of any translation libraries. This has a
special meaning for networks of the protocol family inet : its
name-to-address mapping is provided by the name service switch based on the
entries for hosts and services in nsswitch.conf(4). For
networks of other families, a ``-'' indicates non-functional
name-to-address mapping. Otherwise, this field consists of a comma-separated
list of pathnames to dynamically linked libraries. The pathname of the library
can be either absolute or relative. See dlopen(3C).


Each field corresponds to an element in the struct netconfig structure.
struct netconfig and the identifiers described on this manual page are
defined in <netconfig.h>. This structure includes the following members:
char *nc_netid

Network ID, including NULL terminator.


unsigned long nc_semantics

Semantics.


unsigned long nc_flag

Flags.


char *nc_protofmly

Protocol family.


char *nc_proto

Protocol name.


char *nc_device

Full pathname of the network device.


unsigned long nc_nlookups

Number of directory lookup libraries.


char **nc_lookups

Names of the name-to-address translation libraries.


unsigned long nc_unused[9]

Reserved for future expansion.


The nc_semantics field takes the following values, corresponding to the
semantics identified above:

NC_TPI_CLTS

NC_TPI_COTS

NC_TPI_COTS_ORD

The nc_flag field is a bitfield. The following bit, corresponding to the
attribute identified above, is currently recognized. NC_NOFLAG indicates
the absence of any attributes.
NC_VISIBLE


 EXAMPLES

Example 1 A Sample netconfig File

Below is a sample netconfig file:

#
# The "Network Configuration" File.
#
# Each entry is of the form:
#
# <networkid> <semantics> <flags> <protofamily> <protoname> <device>
# <nametoaddrlibs>
#
# The "-" in <nametoaddrlibs> for inet family transports indicates
# redirection to the name service switch policies for "hosts" and
# "services". The "-" may be replaced by nametoaddr libraries that
# comply with the SVr4 specs, in which case the name service switch
# will not be used for netdir_getbyname, netdir_getbyaddr,
# gethostbyname, gethostbyaddr, getservbyname, and getservbyport.
# There are no nametoaddr_libs for the inet family in Solaris anymore.
#
udp6 tpi_clts v inet6 udp /dev/udp6 -
tcp6 tpi_cots_ord v inet6 tcp /dev/tcp6 -
udp tpi_clts v inet udp /dev/udp -
tcp tpi_cots_ord v inet tcp /dev/tcp -
rawip tpi_raw - inet - /dev/rawip -
ticlts tpi_clts v loopback - /dev/ticlts straddr.so
ticotsord tpi_cots_ord v loopback - /dev/ticotsord straddr.so
ticots tpi_cots v loopback - /dev/ticots straddr.so


 FILES
<netconfig.h>


 SEE ALSO

dlopen(3C), getnetconfig(3NSL), getnetpath(3NSL),
nsswitch.conf(4)

System Administration Guide: IP Services