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.Dd $Mdocdate: April 22 2015 $
.Dt RCCTL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rcctl
.Nd configure and control daemons and services
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm rcctl
.Op Fl df
.Sm off
.Cm enable | disable | get | set | getdef | getall | order | Ar action
.Sm on
.Op Ar service | daemon Oo Ar variable Oo Ar arguments Oc Oc | Ar daemons
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility can enable or disable a base system
.Ar service
or a base system or package
.Ar daemon
in
.Xr rc.conf.local 8
or display its configuration and status.
For a
.Ar daemon ,
it can also change the command line arguments, the user to run as, the
.Xr rc.d 8
action timeout or call its
.Xr rc.d 8
.Ar daemon
control script.
.Pp
The following commands are available
.Po
.Ar variable
can be one of
.Cm flags ,
.Cm status ,
.Cm timeout
or
.Cm user
.Pc :
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Cm enable Ar service | daemon
Alias for
.Dq Cm set Ar service | daemon Cm status on .
.It Cm disable Ar service | daemon
Alias for
.Dq Cm set Ar service | daemon Cm status off .
.It Cm get Ar service | daemon Op Ar variable
Display the value of
.Ar service
or
.Ar daemon Ns _ Ns Ar variable .
If
.Ar variable
is empty, display all
.Ar service
or
.Ar daemon
variables and values in a format
compatible with
.Xr rc.conf 8 .
.It Cm set Ar service | daemon variable Op Ar arguments
For a daemon, set the variable
.Ar daemon Ns _ Ns Ar variable
to the specified
.Ar arguments .
If
.Ar variable
is already set,
.Ar daemon Ns _ Ns Ar variable
is reset to the optionally provided
.Ar arguments
or to its default value.
.Pp
The
.Cm status
.Ar variable
must be provided with the
.Cm on
or
.Cm off
.Ar arguments .
It is used to enable or disable
.Ar service
or
.Ar daemon
in
.Xr rc.conf.local 8 .
When a disabled package daemon is enabled, it is appended to the end of
.Va pkg_scripts .
When a package daemon is disabled, it is removed from
.Va pkg_scripts .
.It Cm getdef Ar service | daemon Op Ar variable
Like
.Cm get
but returns the default values.
.It Cm getall
Display all services and daemon variables with their values in a format
compatible with
.Xr rc.conf 8 .
.It Cm order Op Ar daemons
Move the specified package
.Ar daemons
to the beginning of
.Va pkg_scripts .
They need to be already enabled.
If
.Ar daemons
is empty, display the current order.
.Pp
The
.Cm order
command is only needed after enabling a new daemon
that needs to run before one or more already enabled daemons.
Specify the new daemon preceded by all that need to run before it,
but not the ones depending on it.
.It Oo Fl df Oc Ar action daemon
Run the
.Xr rc.d 8
.Ar daemon
script with the
.Ar action
argument, passing through the specified options, if any.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Nm Ar action
returns with the exit status of the
.Xr rc.d 8
.Ar daemon
script.
.Nm Cm get Ar daemon | service Op Cm status
exits with 0 if the daemon or service is enabled and 1 if it is not.
.Nm Cm getdef Ar daemon | service Op Cm status
exits with 0 if the daemon or service is enabled by default
and 1 if it is not.
Otherwise, the
.Nm
utility exits with 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs
.Po 2 indicates a non-existent
.Ar daemon | service
.Pc .
.Sh EXAMPLES
Enable and set
.Xr ntpd 8
flags:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# rcctl set ntpd status on
# rcctl set ntpd flags -s
# rcctl get ntpd
ntpd_flags=-s
ntpd_timeout=30
ntpd_user=root
# echo $?
0
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rc.conf.local 8 ,
.Xr rc.d 8
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
first appeared in
.Ox 5.7 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.Nm
was written by
.An Antoine Jacoutot Aq Mt ajacoutot@openbsd.org .