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RC(8) OpenBSD System Manager's Manual RC(8) NAME rc - command scripts for system startup SYNOPSIS /etc/rc /etc/rc.conf /etc/rc.local /etc/rc.securelevel /etc/netstart /etc/rc.shutdown DESCRIPTION rc is the command script that is invoked by init(8) during an automatic reboot and after single user mode is exited; it performs system house- keeping chores and starts up system daemons. As well, rc is intricately tied to the netstart script, which runs commands and daemons pertaining to the network. The rc.securelevel and rc.local scripts hold commands which are pertinent only to a specific site. All four of these startup scripts are (or can be) controlled to some ex- tent by variables defined in rc.conf, which specifies which daemons and services are to be run. When an automatic reboot is in progress, rc is invoked with the argument autoboot. The first portion of rc runs an fsck(8) with option -p to ``preen'' all disks of minor inconsistencies resulting from the last sys- tem shutdown and to check for serious inconsistencies caused by hardware or software failure. If this auto-check and repair succeeds, then the second part of rc is run. However, if the file /fastboot exists, fsck(8) will not be invoked during this boot. This file is then removed so that it will be run on subse- quent boots. The second part of rc, which is run after an auto-reboot succeeds and al- so if rc is invoked when a single user shell terminates (see init(8)), then asks rc.conf for configuration variables, mounts filesystems, starts system daemons, preserves editor files, clears the scratch directory /tmp, and saves any possible core image that might have been generated as a result of a system crash, with savecore(8). Before rc starts most system daemons, netstart(8) is executed. rc.securelevel is executed by rc to start daemons that must run before the security level changes. Following this, rc then sets the security level to the value specified in the securelevel variable in that file. rc.local is executed towards the end of rc (it is not the very last as there are a few services that must be the started at the very end). Nor- mally, rc.local contains commands and daemons that are not part of the stock installation. CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES The rc.conf file contains a series of Bourne-shell syntax assignments that are used to configure kernel configurations, network configuration, and various other system daemons. As described above, this file is sourced (using sh(1) of course) by /etc/rc. Various comments in rc.conf make it clear what each variable does. Refer to the specific man pages for each daemon to determine what that subsystem does. For example, the lpd(8) daemon is controlled by the line lpd_flags=NO # for normal use: "" (or "-l" for debugging) This does not start lpd(8) at system startup. To start lpd(8), the fol- lowing entry can be used. lpd_flags="" # for normal use: "" (or "-l" for debugging) Alternately, lpd(8) can be started with the -l flag (to log remote con- nections). lpd_flags="-l" # for normal use: "" (or "-l" for debugging) EXTERNAL INFLUENCES Before init(8) starts rc, it sets the process priority, umask, and re- source limits according to the ``daemon'' login class as described in /etc/login.conf. SEE ALSO login.conf(5), sysctl.conf(5), init(8), netstart(8), rc.conf(8), rc.shutdown(8), reboot(8), savecore(8) HISTORY The rc command appeared in 4.0BSD. OpenBSD 3.4 December 11, 1993 2
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