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RC.CONF(5) FreeBSD File Formats Manual RC.CONF(5)
NAME
rc.conf -- system configuration information
DESCRIPTION
The file rc.conf contains descriptive information about the local host
name, configuration details for any potential network interfaces and
which services should be started up at system initial boot time. In new
installations, the rc.conf file is generally initialized by the system
installation utility: /stand/sysinstall.
The purpose of rc.conf is not to run commands or perform system startup
actions directly. Instead, it is included by the various generic startup
scripts in /etc which conditionalize their internal actions according to
the settings found there.
The /etc/rc.conf file is included from the file /etc/defaults/rc.conf,
which specifies the default settings for all the available options.
Options need only be specified in /etc/rc.conf when the system adminis-
trator wishes to override these defaults. The file /etc/rc.conf.local is
used to override settings in /etc/rc.conf for historical reasons. See
the ``rc_conf_files'' option below.
The following list provides a name and short description for each vari-
able that can be set in the rc.conf file:
swapfile (str) If set to ``NO'' then no swapfile is installed, oth-
erwise the value is used as the full pathname to a file to
use for additional swap space.
apm_enable (bool) If set to ``YES'', enable support for Automatic
Power Management with the apm(8) command.
apmd_enable (bool) Run apmd(8) to handle APM event from userland. This
also enable support for APM.
apmd_flags (str) If apmd_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the flags
to pass to the apmd(8) daemon.
pccard_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'', enable PCCARD support at boot
time.
pccard_mem (str) Set to PCCARD controller memory address or
``DEFAULT'' for the default value.
pccard_ifconfig
(str) List of arguments to be passed to ifconfig(8) at boot
time or on insertion of the card (e.g. "inet 192.168.1.1
netmask 255.255.255.0" for a fixed address or "DHCP" for a
DHCP client).
pccard_beep (int) If 0, set the PCCARD controller to silent mode. If
1, set it to beep mode. If 2, set it to melody mode.
pccard_conf (str) Path to the configuration file for the pccardd(8)
daemon.
pccardd_flags
(str) If pccard_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the pccardd(8) daemon.
pccard_ether_delay
(str) Set the delay before starting dhclient(8) in
pccard_ether(8) script. This defaults to 5 seconds to work
around a bug in the ed(4) driver which can lead to system
hangs when using some newer ed(4) based cards.
local_startup
(str) List of directories to search for startup script
files.
script_name_sep
(str) The field separator to use for breaking down the list
of startup script files into individual filenames. The
default is a space. It is not necessary to change this
unless there are startup scripts with names containing spa-
ces.
hostname (str) The Fully Qualified Domain Name of this host on the
network. This should almost certainly be set to something
meaningful, even if there is no network connection. If
dhclient(8) is used to set the hostname via DHCP, this
variable should be set to an empty string.
nisdomainname
(str) The NIS domain name of this host, or ``NO'' if NIS is
not used.
dhcp_program (str) Path to the DHCP client program (/sbin/dhclient, the
ISC DHCP client, is the default).
dhcp_flags (str) Additional flags to pass to the DHCP client program.
For the ISC DHCP client, see the dhclient(8) page for a
description of the command line options available.
firewall_enable
(bool) Set to ``YES'' to load firewall rules at startup.
If the kernel was not built with IPFIREWALL, the ipfw ker-
nel module will be loaded. See also ipfilter_enable.
firewall_script
(str) This variable specifies the full path to the firewall
script to run. The default is /etc/rc.firewall.
firewall_type
(str) Names the firewall type from the selection in
/etc/rc.firewall, or the file which contains the local
firewall ruleset. Valid selections from /etc/rc.firewall,
are ``open'' - unrestricted IP access; ``closed'' - all IP
services disabled, except via lo0; ``client'' - basic pro-
tection for a workstation; ``simple'' - basic protection
for a LAN. If a filename is specified, the full path must
be given.
firewall_quiet
(bool) Set to ``YES'' to disable the display of ipfw rules
on the console during boot.
firewall_logging
(bool) Set to ``YES'' to enable ipfw event logging. This
is equivalent to the IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE kernel option.
firewall_flags
(str) Flags passed to ipfw(8) if firewall_type specifies a
filename.
natd_program (str) Path to natd(8).
natd_enable (bool) Set to ``YES'' to enable natd. firewall_enable must
also be set to ``YES'', and divert(4) sockets must be
enabled in the kernel.
natd_interface
(str) This is the name of the public interface on which
natd should run. The interface may be given as an inter-
face name or as an IP address.
natd_flags (str) Additional natd flags should be placed here. The -n
or -a flag is automatically added with the above
natd_interface as an argument.
ipfilter_enable
(bool) Set to ``NO'' by default. Setting this to ``YES''
enables ipf(8) packet filtering.
Typical usage will require putting
ipfilter_enable="YES"
ipnat_enable="YES"
ipmon_enable="YES"
ipfs_enable="YES"
into /etc/rc.conf and editing /etc/ipf.rules and
/etc/ipnat.rules appropriately.
Note that ipfilter_enable and ipnat_enable can be enabled
independently. ipmon_enable and ipfs_enable both require
at least one of ipfilter_enable and ipnat_enable to be
enabled.
Having
options IPFILTER
options IPFILTER_LOG
options IPFILTER_DEFAULT_BLOCK
in the kernel configuration file is a good idea, too.
ipfilter_program
(str) Path to ipf(8) (default /sbin/ipf).
ipfilter_rules
(str) Set to ``/etc/ipf.rules'' by default. This variable
contains the name of the filter rule definition file. The
file is expected to be readable for the ipf(8) command to
execute.
ipfilter_flags
(str) Empty by default. This variable contains flags
passed to the ipf(8) program.
ipnat_enable (bool) Set to ``NO'' by default. Set it to ``YES'' to
enable ipnat(1) network address translation. See
ipfilter_enable for a detailed discussion.
ipnat_program
(str) Path to ipnat(1) (default /sbin/ipnat).
ipnat_rules (str) Set to ``/etc/ipnat.rules'' by default. This vari-
able contains the name of the file holding the network
address translation definition. This file is expected to
be readable for the ipnat(1) command to execute.
ipnat_flags (str) Empty by default. This variable contains flags
passed to the ipnat(1) program.
ipmon_enable (bool) Set to ``NO'' by default. Set it to ``YES'' to
enable ipmon(8) monitoring (logging ipf(8) and ipnat(1)
events). Setting this variable needs setting
ipfilter_enable or ipnat_enable too. See ipfilter_enable
for a detailed discussion.
ipmon_program
(str) Path to ipmon(8) (default /sbin/ipmon).
ipmon_flags (str) Set to ``-Ds'' by default. This variable contains
flags passed to the ipmon(8) program. Another typical
example would be ``-D /var/log/ipflog'' to have ipmon(8)
log directly to a file bypassing syslogd(8). Make sure to
adjust /etc/newsyslog.conf in such case like this:
/var/log/ipflog 640 10 100 * Z /var/run/ipmon.pid
ipfs_enable (bool) Set to ``NO'' by default. Set it to ``YES'' to
enable ipfs(8) saving the filter and NAT state tables dur-
ing shutdown and reloading them during startup again. Set-
ting this variable needs setting ipfilter_enable or
ipnat_enable to ``YES'' too. See ipfilter_enable for a
detailed discussion. Note that if kern_securelevel is set
to 3, ipfs_enable cannot be used because the raised
securelevel will prevent ipfs(8) from saving the state
tables at shutdown time.
ipfs_program (str) Path to ipfs(8) (default /sbin/ipfs).
ipfs_flags (str) Empty by default. This variable contains flags
passed to the ipfs(8) program.
tcp_extensions
(bool) Set to ``YES'' by default. Setting this to NO dis-
ables certain TCP options as described by RFC 1323. Set-
ting this to ``NO'' might help remedy such problems with
connections as randomly hanging or other weird behavior.
Some network devices are known to be broken with respect to
these options.
log_in_vain (int) Set to 0 by default. The sysctl(8) variables,
net.inet.tcp.log_in_vain and net.inet.udp.log_in_vain as
described in tcp(4) and udp(4), are set to the given value.
tcp_keepalive
(bool) Set to ``YES'' by default. Setting to NO will dis-
able probing idle TCP connections to verify that the peer
is still up and reachable.
tcp_drop_synfin
(bool) Set to ``NO'' by default. Setting to YES will cause
the kernel to ignore TCP frames that have both the SYN and
FIN flags set. This prevents OS fingerprinting, but may
break some legitimate applications. This option is only
available if the kernel was built with the TCP_DROP_SYNFIN
option.
icmp_drop_redirect
(bool) Set to ``NO'' by default. Setting to YES will cause
the kernel to ignore ICMP REDIRECT packets.
icmp_log_redirect
(bool) Set to ``NO'' by default. Setting to YES will cause
the kernel to log ICMP REDIRECT packets. Note that the log
messages are not rate-limited, so this option should only
be used for troubleshooting networks.
network_interfaces
(str) Set to the list of network interfaces to configure on
this host. For example, if the only network devices in the
system are the loopback device (lo0) and a NIC using the
ed0 driver, this could be set to ``lo0 ed0'' An
ifconfig_<interface> variable is also assumed to exist for
each value of interface. It is also possible to add IP
alias entires here in cases where multiple IP addresses
registered against a single interface are desired. Assum-
ing that the interface in question was ed0, it might look
something like this:
ifconfig_ed0_alias0="inet 127.0.0.253 netmask 0xffffffff"
ifconfig_ed0_alias1="inet 127.0.0.254 netmask 0xffffffff"
And so on. For each ifconfig_<interface>_alias<n> entry
that is found, its contents are passed to ifconfig(8).
Execution stops at the first unsuccessful access, so if
something like this is present:
ifconfig_ed0_alias0="inet 127.0.0.251 netmask 0xffffffff"
ifconfig_ed0_alias1="inet 127.0.0.252 netmask 0xffffffff"
ifconfig_ed0_alias2="inet 127.0.0.253 netmask 0xffffffff"
ifconfig_ed0_alias4="inet 127.0.0.254 netmask 0xffffffff"
Then note that alias4 would not be added since the search
would stop with the missing alias3 entry.
It is possible to bring up an interface with DHCP by set-
ting the ifconfig_<interface> variable to ``DHCP''. For
instance, to initialize the ed0 device via DHCP, it is pos-
sible to use something like:
ifconfig_ed0="DHCP"
cloned_interfaces
(str) Set to the list of clonable network interfaces to
create on this host. Entries in cloned_interfaces are
automatically appended to network_interfaces for configura-
tion.
gif_interfaces
(str) Set to the list of gif(4) tunnel interfaces to con-
figure on this host. A gifconfig_<interface> variable is
assumed to exist for each value of interface. The value of
this variable is used to configure the link layer of the
tunnel according to the syntax of the tunnel option to
ifconfig(8). Additionaly, this option ensures that each
listed interface is created via the create option to
ifconfig(8) before attempting to configure it.
ppp_enable (bool) If set to ``YES'', run the ppp(8) daemon.
ppp_mode (str) Mode in which to run the ppp(8) daemon. Accepted
modes are ``auto'', ``ddial'', ``direct'' and
``dedicated''. See the manual for a full description.
ppp_nat (bool) If set to ``YES'', enables packet aliasing. Used in
conjunction with gateway_enable allows hosts on private
network addresses access to the Internet using this host as
a network address translating router.
ppp_profile (str) The name of the profile to use from
/etc/ppp/ppp.conf.
ppp_user (str) The name of the user under which ppp should be
started. By default, ppp is started as ``root''.
rc_conf_files
(str) This option is used to specify a list of files that
will override the settings in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. The
files will be read in the order in which they are specified
and should include the full path to the file. By default,
the files specified are /etc/rc.conf and /etc/rc.conf.local
fsck_y_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'', fsck(8) will be run with the -y
flag if the initial preen of the filesystems fails.
syslogd_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'', run the syslogd(8) daemon.
syslogd_program
(str) Path to syslogd(8) (default /usr/sbin/syslogd).
syslogd_flags
(str) If syslogd_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to syslogd(8).
inetd_enable (bool) If set to ``YES'', run the inetd(8) daemon.
inetd_program
(str) Path to inetd(8) (default /usr/sbin/inetd).
inetd_flags (str) If inetd_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to inetd(8).
named_enable (bool) If set to ``YES'', run the named(8) daemon.
named_program
(str) Path to named(8) (default /usr/sbin/named).
named_flags (str) If named_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to named(8).
kerberos_server_enable
(bool) Set to ``YES'' to start a Kerberos IV authentication
server at boot time.
kadmind_server_enable
(bool) Set to ``YES'' to start kadmind(8), the Kerberos IV
Administration Daemon; set to ``NO'' on a slave server.
kerberos_stash
(str) If ``YES'', instruct the Kerberos servers to use the
stashed master key instead of prompting for it (only if
kerberos_server_enable is set to ``YES'', and is used for
both kerberos(1) and kadmind(8)).
kerberos5_server_enable
(bool) Set to ``YES'' to start a Kerberos 5 authentication
server at boot time.
kadmind5_server_enable
(bool) Set to ``YES'' to start k5admind(8), the Kerberos 5
Administration Daemon; set to ``NO'' on a slave server.
rwhod_enable (bool) If set to ``YES'', run the rwhod(8) daemon at boot
time.
rwhod_flags (str) If rwhod_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to it.
amd_enable (bool) If set to ``YES'', run the amd(8) daemon at boot
time.
amd_flags (str) If amd_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the flags
to pass to it. See the amd(8) info(1) page for more infor-
mation.
amd_map_program
(str) If set, the specified program is run to get the list
of amd(8) maps. For example, if the amd(8) maps are stored
in NIS, one can set this to run ypcat(1) to get a list of
amd(8) maps from the amd.master NIS map.
update_motd (bool) If set to ``YES'', /etc/motd will be updated at boot
time to reflect the kernel release being run. If set to
``NO'', /etc/motd will not be updated
nfs_client_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'', run the NFS client daemons at
boot time.
nfs_client_flags
(str) If nfs_client_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the nfsiod(8) daemon.
nfs_access_cache
(int) If nfs_client_enable is set to ``YES'', this can be
set to ``0'' to disable NFS ACCESS RPC caching, or to the
number of seconds for which NFS ACCESS results should be
cached. A value of 2-10 seconds will substantially reduce
network traffic for many NFS operations.
nfs_server_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'', run the NFS server daemons at
boot time.
nfs_server_flags
(str) If nfs_server_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the nfsd(8) daemon.
single_mountd_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'', and no nfs_server_enable is set,
start mountd(8), but not nfsd(8) daemon. It is commonly
needed to run CFS without real NFS used.
mountd_flags (str) If mountd_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the ,Xr mountd 8 daemon.
weak_mountd_authentication
(bool) If set to ``YES'', allow services like PCNFSD to
make non-privileged mount requests.
nfs_reserved_port_only
(bool) If set to ``YES'', provide NFS services only on a
secure port.
nfs_bufpackets
(int) If set to a number, indicates the number of packets
worth of socket buffer space to reserve on an NFS client.
The kernel default is typically 4. Using a higher number
may be useful on gigabit networks to improve performance.
The minimum value is 2 and the maximum is 64.
rpc_lockd_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'' and also an NFS server, run
rpc.lockd(8) at boot time.
rpc_statd_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'' and also an NFS server, run
rpc.statd(8) at boot time.
portmap_program
(str) Path to portmap(8) (default /usr/sbin/portmap).
portmap_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'', run the portmap(8) service at
boot time.
portmap_flags
(str) If portmap_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the portmap(8) daemon.
xtend_enable (bool) If set to ``YES'' then run the xtend(8) daemon at
boot time.
xtend_flags (str) If xtend_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the xtend(8) daemon.
pppoed_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'' then run the pppoed(8) daemon at
boot time to provide PPP over Ethernet services.
pppoed_provider
(str) pppoed(8) listens to requests to this provider and
ultimately runs ppp(8) with a system argument of the same
name.
pppoed_flags (str) Additional flags to pass to pppoed(8).
pppoed_interface
(str) The network interface to run pppoed on. This is
mandatory when pppoed_enable is set to ``YES''.
timed_enable (boot) If ``YES'' then run the timed(8) service at boot
time. This command is intended for networks of machines
where a consistent "network time" for all hosts must be
established. This is often useful in large NFS environ-
ments where time stamps on files are expected to be consis-
tent network-wide.
timed_flags (str) If timed_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the timed(8) service.
ntpdate_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'', run ntpdate at system startup.
This command is intended to synchronize the system clock
only once from some standard reference. An option to set
this up initially (from a list of known servers) is also
provided by the /stand/sysinstall program when the system
is first installed.
ntpdate_program
(str) Path to ntpdate(8) (default /usr/sbin/ntpdate).
ntpdate_flags
(str) If ntpdate_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the ntpdate(8) command (typically a host-
name).
xntpd_enable (bool) If set to ``YES'' then run the ntpd(8) command at
boot time.
xntpd_program
(str) Path to ntpd(8) (default /usr/sbin/ntpd).
xntpd_flags (str) If xntpd_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the ntpd(8) daemon.
nis_client_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'' then run the ypbind(8) service at
system boot time.
nis_client_flags
(str) If nis_client_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the ypbind(8) service.
nis_ypset_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'' then run the ypset(8) daemon at
system boot time.
nis_ypset_flags
(str) If nis_ypset_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the ypset(8) daemon.
nis_server_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'' then run the ypserv(8) daemon at
system boot time.
nis_server_flags
(str) If nis_server_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the ypserv(8) daemon.
nis_ypxfrd_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'' then run the rpc.ypxfrd(8) daemon
at system boot time.
nis_ypxfrd_flags
(str) If nis_ypxfrd_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the rpc.ypxfrd(8) daemon.
nis_yppasswdd_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'' then run the rpc.yppasswdd(8) dae-
mon at system boot time.
nis_yppasswdd_flags
(str) If nis_yppasswdd_enable is set to ``YES'', these are
the flags to pass to the rpc.yppasswdd(8) daemon.
defaultrouter
(str) If not set to ``NO'' then create a default route to
this host name or IP address (use an IP address if this
router is also required to get to the name server!).
static_routes
(str) Set to the list of static routes that are to be added
at system boot time. If not set to ``NO'' then for each
whitespace separated element in the value, a
route_<element> variable is assumed to exist whose contents
will later be passed to a ``route add'' operation.
gateway_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'', then configure host to at as an
IP router, e.g. to forward packets between interfaces.
router_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'' then run a routing daemon of some
sort, based on the settings of router and router_flags.
router (str) If router_enable is set to ``YES'', this is the name
of the routing daemon to use.
router_flags (str) If router_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the routing daemon.
mrouted_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'' then run the multicast routing
daemon, mrouted(8).
mrouted_flags
(str) If mrouted_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the multicast routing daemon.
ipxgateway_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'' then enable the routing of IPX
traffic.
ipxrouted_enable
(bool) If set to ``YES'' then run the IPXrouted(8) daemon
at system boot time.
ipxrouted_flags
(str) If ipxrouted_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the IPXrouted(8) daemon.
arpproxy_all (bool) If set to ``YES'' then enable global proxy ARP.
forward_sourceroute
(bool) If set to ``YES'' then when gateway_enable is also
set to ``YES'', source routed packets are forwarded.
accept_sourceroute
(bool) If set to ``YES'' then the system will accept source
routed packets directed at it.
rarpd_enable (bool) If set to ``YES'' then run the rarpd(8) daemon at
system boot time.
rarpd_flags (str) If rarpd_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the
flags to pass to the rarpd(8) daemon.
atm_enable (bool) Set to ``YES'' to enable the configuration of ATM
interfaces at system boot time. For all of the ATM vari-
ables described below, please refer to the atm(8) man page
for further details on the available command parameters.
Also refer to the files in /usr/share/examples/atm for more
detailed configuration information.
atm_netif_<intf>
(str) For the ATM physical interface <intf>, this variable
defines the name prefix and count for the ATM network
interfaces to be created. The value will be passed as the
parameters of an ``atm set netif <intf>'' command.
atm_sigmgr_<intf>
(str) For the ATM physical interface <intf>, this variable
defines the ATM signalling manager to be used. The value
will be passed as the parameters of an ``atm attach
<intf>'' command.
atm_prefix_<intf>
(str) For the ATM physical interface <intf>, this variable
defines the NSAP prefix for interfaces using a UNI sig-
nalling manager. If set to ILMI, then the prefix will
automatically be set via the ilmid(8) daemon. Otherwise,
the value will be passed as the parameters of an ``atm set
prefix <intf>'' command.
atm_macaddr_<intf>
(str) For the ATM physical interface <intf>, this variable
defines the MAC address for interfaces using a UNI sig-
nalling manager. If set to ``NO'', then the hardware MAC
address contained in the ATM interface card will be used.
Otherwise, the value will be passed as the parameters of an
``atm set mac <intf>'' command.
atm_arpserver_<netif>
(str) For the ATM network interface <netif>, this variable
defines the ATM address for a host which is to provide
ATMARP service. This variable is only applicable to inter-
faces using a UNI signalling manager. If set to local,
then this host will become an ATMARP server. The value
will be passed as the parameters of an ``atm set arpserver
<netif>'' command.
atm_scsparp_<netif>
(bool) If set to ``YES'', then SCSP/ATMARP service for the
network interface <netif> will be initiated using the
scspd(8) and atmarpd(8) daemons. This variable is only
applicable if `atm_arpserver_<netif> ="local"' is defined.
atm_pvcs (str) Set to the list of ATM PVCs to be added at system
boot time. For each whitespace separated element in the
value, an atm_pvc_<element> variable is assumed to exist.
The value of each of these variables will be passed as the
parameters of an ``atm add pvc'' command.
atm_arps (str) Set to the list of permanent ATM ARP entries to be
added at system boot time. For each whitespace separated
element in the value, an atm_arp_<element> variable is
assumed to exist. The value of each of these variables
will be passed as the parameters of an ``atm add arp'' com-
mand.
keymap (str) If set to ``NO'' then no keymap is installed, other-
wise the value is used to install the keymap file in
/usr/share/syscons/keymaps/<value>.kbd
keyrate (str) The keyboard repeat speed. Set to ``slow'',
``normal'', ``fast'' or ``NO'' if the default behavior is
desired.
keychange (str) If not set to ``NO'', attempt to program the function
keys with the value. The value should be a single string
of the form: "<funkey_number> <new_value> [<funkey_number>
<new_value>]..."
cursor (str) Can be set to the value of ``normal'', ``blink'',
``destructive'' or ``NO'' to set the cursor behavior
explicitly or choose the default behavior.
scrnmap (str) If set to ``NO'' then no screen map is installed,
otherwise the value is used to install the screen map file
in /usr/share/syscons/scrnmaps/<value>.
font8x16 (str) If set to ``NO'' then the default 8x16 font value is
used for screen size requests, otherwise the value in
/usr/share/syscons/fonts/<value> is used.
font8x14 (str) If set to ``NO'' then the default 8x14 font value is
used for screen size requests, otherwise the value in
/usr/share/syscons/fonts/<value> is used.
font8x8 (str) If set to ``NO'' then the default 8x8 font value is
used for screen size requests, otherwise the value in
/usr/share/syscons/fonts/<value> is used.
blanktime (int) If set to ``NO'' then the default screen blanking
interval is used, otherwise it is set to value seconds.
saver (str) If not set to ``NO'', this is the actual screen saver
to use (blank, snake, daemon, etc).
moused_enable
(str) If set to ``YES'', the moused(8) daemon is started
for doing cut/paste selection on the console.
moused_type (str) This is the protocol type of the mouse connected to
this host. This variable must be set if moused_enable is
set to ``YES''. The moused(8) daemon is able to detect the
appropriate mouse type automatically in many cases. Set
this variable to ``auto'' to let the daemon detect it, or
select one from the following list if the automatic detec-
tion fails.
If the mouse is attached to the PS/2 mouse port, choose
``auto'' or ``ps/2'', regardless of the brand and model of
the mouse. Likewise, if the mouse is attached to the bus
mouse port, choose ``auto'' or ``busmouse''. All other
protocols are for serial mice and will not work with the
PS/2 and bus mice. If this is a USB mouse, ``auto'' is the
only protocol type which will work.
microsoft Microsoft mouse (serial)
intellimouse Microsoft IntelliMouse (serial)
mousesystems Mouse systems Corp mouse (serial)
mmseries MM Series mouse (serial)
logitech Logitech mouse (serial)
busmouse A bus mouse
mouseman Logitech MouseMan and TrackMan (serial)
glidepoint ALPS GlidePoint (serial)
thinkingmouse Kensington ThinkingMouse (serial)
ps/2 PS/2 mouse
mmhittab MM HitTablet (serial)
x10mouseremote X10 MouseRemote (serial)
versapad Interlink VersaPad (serial)
Even if the mouse is not in the above list, it may be com-
patible with one in the list. Refer to the man page for
moused(8) for compatibility information.
It should also be noted that while this is enabled, any
other client of the mouse (such as an X server) should
access the mouse through the virtual mouse device:
/dev/sysmouse and configure it as a sysmouse type mouse,
since all mouse data is converted to this single canonical
format when using moused(8). If the client program does
not support the sysmouse type, specify the mousesystems
type. It is the second preferred type.
moused_port (str) If moused_enable is set to ``YES'', this is the
actual port the mouse is on. It might be /dev/cuaa0 for a
COM1 serial mouse, /dev/psm0 for a PS/2 mouse or /dev/mse0
for a bus mouse, for example.
moused_flags (str) If moused_type is set, these are the additional flags
to pass to the moused(8) daemon.
allscreens_flags
(str) If set, vidcontrol(1) is run with these options for
each of the virtual terminals (/dev/ttyv*). For example,
``-m on'' will enable the mouse pointer on all virtual ter-
minals if moused_enable is set to ``YES''.
cron_enable (bool) If set to ``YES'' then run the cron(8) daemon at
system boot time.
cron_program (str) Path to cron(8) (default /usr/sbin/cron).
cron_flags (str) If cron_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the flags
to pass to cron(8).
lpd_program (str) Path to lpd(8) (default /usr/sbin/lpd).
lpd_enable (bool) If set to ``YES'' then run the lpd(8) daemon at sys-
tem boot time.
lpd_flags (str) If lpd_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the flags
to pass to the lpd(8) daemon.
mta_start_script
(str) This variable specifies the full path to the script
to run to start a mail transfer agent. The default is
/etc/rc.sendmail. The sendmail_* variables which
/etc/rc.sendmail uses are documented in the rc.sendmail(8)
man page.
dumpdev (str) Indicates the device (usually a swap partition) to
which a crash dump should be written in the event of a sys-
tem crash. The value of this variable is passed as the
argument to dumpon(8). To disable crash dumps, set this
variable to ``NO''.
dumpdir (str) When the system reboots after a crash and a crash
dump is found on the device specified by the dumpdev vari-
able, savecore(8) will save that crash dump and a copy of
the kernel to the directory specified by the dumpdir vari-
able. The default value is ``/var/crash''. Set to ``NO''
to not run savecore(8) at boot time when dumpdir is set.
savecore_flags
(str) If crash dumps are enabled, these are the flags to
pass to the savecore(8) utility.
enable_quotas
(bool) Set to ``YES'' to turn on user disk quotas on system
startup via the quotaon(8) command.
check_quotas (bool) Set to ``YES'' to enable user disk quota checking
via the quotacheck(8) command.
accounting_enable
(bool) Set to ``YES'' to enable system accounting through
the accton(8) facility.
ibcs2_enable (bool) Set to ``YES'' to enable iBCS2 (SCO) binary emula-
tion at system initial boot time.
ibcs2_loaders
(str) If not set to ``NO'' and if ibcs2_enable is set to
``YES'', this specifies a list of additional iBCS2 loaders
to enable.
linux_enable (bool) Set to ``YES'' to enable Linux/ELF binary emulation
at system initial boot time.
osf1_enable (bool) Set to ``YES'' to enable OSF/1 (Digital UNIX) binary
emulation at system initial boot time. (alpha)
rand_irqs (str) Set to the list of IRQs to monitor for random number
creation (see the man page for rndcontrol(8)).
clear_tmp_enable
(bool) Set to ``YES'' to have /tmp cleaned at startup.
ldconfig_paths
(str) Set to the list of shared library paths to use with
ldconfig(8). NOTE: /usr/lib will always be added first, so
it need not appear in this list.
ldconfig_insecure
(bool) The ldconfig(8) utility normally refuses to use
directories which are writable by anyone except root. Set
this variable to ``YES'' to disable that security check
during system startup.
kern_securelevel_enable
(bool) Set to ``YES'' to set the kernel security level at
system startup.
kern_securelevel
(int) The kernel security level to set at startup. The
allowed range of value ranges from -1 (the compile time
default) to 3 (the most secure). See init(8) for the list
of possible security levels and their effect on system
operation.
start_vinum (bool) Set to ``YES'' to start vinum(8) at system boot
time.
sshd_program (str) Path to the SSH server program (/usr/sbin/sshd is the
default).
sshd_enable (bool) Set to ``YES'' to start sshd(8) at system boot time.
sshd_flags (str) If sshd_enable is set to ``YES'', these are the flags
to pass to the sshd(8) daemon.
unaligned_print
(bool) If set to ``NO'' then unaligned access warnings will
not be printed. (alpha)
isdn_enable (bool) Set to ``NO'' by default. When set to ``YES'',
starts the isdn daemon /usr/sbin/isdnd at system boot time.
isdn_flags (str) Set to ``-dn -d0x1f9'' by default. Additional flags
to pass to isdnd(8) (but see isdn_fsdev and isdn_ttype for
certain tunable parameters).
isdn_ttype (str) Set to ``cons25'' by default. The terminal type of
the output device when isdnd(8) operates in fullscreen
mode.
isdn_screenflags
(str) Set to ``NO'' by default. The video mode for
fullscreen mode (only for syscons(4) console driver, see
vidcontrol(1) for valid modes).
isdn_fsdev (str) Set to ``/dev/ttyv4'' by default. The output device
for isdnd(8) in fullscreen mode (or ``NO'' for daemon
mode).
isdn_trace (bool) Set to ``NO'' by default. When set to ``YES'',
enables the ISDN protocol trace utility /usr/sbin/isdntrace
at system boot time.
isdn_traceflags
(str) Set to ``-f /var/tmp/isdntrace0'' by default. Flags
for /usr/sbin/isdntrace.
FILES
/etc/defaults/rc.conf
/etc/rc.conf
/etc/rc.conf.local
SEE ALSO
catman(1), gdb(1), info(1), makewhatis(1), vidcontrol(1), tcp(4), udp(4),
exports(5), motd(5), accton(8), amd(8), apm(8), atm(8), cron(8),
dhclient(8), gated(8), ifconfig(8), inetd(8), isdnd(8), isdntrace(8),
lpd(8), mountd(8), moused(8), mrouted(8), named(8), nfsd(8), nfsiod(8),
ntpd(8), ntpdate(8), pcnfsd(8), portmap(8), quotacheck(8), quotaon(8),
rc(8), rc.sendmail(8), rndcontrol(8), route(8), routed(8), rpc.lockd(8),
rpc.statd(8), rpcbind(8), rwhod(8), savecore(8), sshd(8), swapon(8),
sysctl(8), syslogd(8), timed(8), vinum(8), vnconfig(8), xtend(8), yp(8),
ypbind(8), ypserv(8), ypset(8)
HISTORY
The rc.conf file appeared in FreeBSD 2.2.2.
AUTHORS
Jordan K. Hubbard.
FreeBSD 4.9 March 3, 2002 FreeBSD 4.9
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