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diff --git a/share/man/man8/rc.8 b/share/man/man8/rc.8 index c02fb0b7b3b..278f8a372d6 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/rc.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/rc.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: rc.8,v 1.3 1994/11/30 19:36:26 jtc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: rc.8,v 1.2 1998/06/26 03:30:14 millert Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -42,12 +42,25 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm rc .Nm rc.local +.Nm rc.securelevel +.Nm netstart .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Rc -is the command script which controls the automatic reboot and -.Nm rc.local +.Nm rc +is the command script that is invoked by +.Xr init 8 +during an automatic reboot and after single user mode is exited; +it performs system housekeeping chores and starts up system daemons. +.Nm rc.local is the script holding commands which are pertinent only to a specific site. +.Nm rc.securelevel +is the script which runs commands that must be run before the +security level changes. +.Nm netstart +is the script which commands and daemons pertaining to the network. +All of these are controlled in part by +.Xr rc.conf 8 +which specifies which daemons and services are to be run. .Pp When an automatic reboot is in progress, .Nm rc @@ -72,35 +85,53 @@ which is run after an auto-reboot succeeds and also if .Nm rc is invoked when a single user shell terminates (see .Xr init 8 ) , -starts all the daemons on the system, preserves editor files -and clears the scratch directory -.Pa /tmp . -.Pp -.Nm Rc.local -is executed immediately before any other commands after a successful -.Xr fsck . -Normally, the first commands placed in the -.Nm rc.local -file define the machine's name, using -.Xr hostname 1 , -and save any possible core image that might have been +and then mounts filesystems, starts system daemons, preserves editor files, +clears the scratch directory +.Pa /tmp , +and saves any possible core image that might have been generated as a result of a system crash, with .Xr savecore 8 . -The latter command is included in the +.Pp +.Nm netstart +is executed by +.Nm rc +before the system daemons are run. +.Nm netstart +defines the machine's name, configures any network interfaces, +initializes the routing table, and optionally, starts the ip filter +daemon. +.Pp .Nm rc.local -file because the directory in which core dumps are saved -is usually site specific. +is executed towards the end of +.Nm rc +(it is not the very last as there are a few services that must be +the started at the very end). +Normally, +.Nm rc.local +contains commands and daemons that are not part of the +stock installation. .Pp -Following tradition, the startup files +.Nm rc.securelevel +is executable by .Nm rc +to start daemons that must run before the security level changes. +It then sets the security level to the values specified in +.Xr rc.conf 8 . +.Pp +Following tradition, the startup files +.Nm rc , +.Nm rc.local , +.Nm rc.securelevel , and -.Nm rc.local +.Nm netstart reside in .Pa /etc . .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr init 8 , +.Xr rc.conf 8 , .Xr reboot 8 , -.Xr savecore 8 +.Xr savecore 8 , +.Xr sysctl.conf 5 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm |