INTRO(8) - System Manager’s Manual # INTRO(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # intro - introduction to system maintenance and operation commands
DESCRIPTION # The manual pages in section 8 contain information related to system operation and maintenance. They describe commands concerning file systems, such as edquota(8), fsck(8), mount(8), and newfs(8). They also cover commands concerning system backup/recovery, such as dump(8) and restore(8).
There are pages which document the running of the system, such as afterboot(8), ifconfig(8), security(8), and the configuration files located in /etc.
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MYNAME(5) - File Formats Manual # MYNAME(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # myname - default hostname
DESCRIPTION # The myname file is read by rc(8) at system startup time.
/etc/myname contains the symbolic name of the host machine. The file should contain a single line specifying the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the system (e.g. host.example.com). The name must be resolvable, either by matching a hostname specified in /etc/hosts (see hosts(5)) or through DNS (see resolv.
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NETSTART(8) - System Manager’s Manual # NETSTART(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # netstart - network startup script
SYNOPSIS # sh /etc/netstart [-n] [interface …]
DESCRIPTION # netstart is a sh(1) script invoked by rc(8) during an automatic reboot and after single-user mode is exited; it performs network initialization.
netstart can also be used to start newly created interfaces. Its behaviour is controlled to some extent by variables defined in rc.
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NTPD(8) - System Manager’s Manual # NTPD(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # ntpd - Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon
SYNOPSIS # ntpd [-dnv] [-f file]
DESCRIPTION # The ntpd daemon synchronizes the local clock to one or more remote NTP servers or local timedelta sensors. ntpd can also act as an NTP server itself, redistributing the local time. It implements the Simple Network Time Protocol version 4, as described in RFC 5905, and the Network Time Protocol version 3, as described in RFC 1305.
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PFCTL(8) - System Manager’s Manual # PFCTL(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # pfctl - control the packet filter (PF) device
SYNOPSIS # pfctl [-deghNnPqrvz] [-a anchor] [-D macro=value] [-F modifier] [-f file] [-i interface] [-K key] [-k key] [-L statefile] [-o level] [-p device] [-S statefile] [-s modifier [-R id]] [-t table -T command [address …]] [-V rdomain] [-x level]
DESCRIPTION # The pfctl utility communicates with the packet filter device using the ioctl interface described in pf(4).
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RC.CONF(8) - System Manager’s Manual # RC.CONF(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # rc.conf, rc.conf.local - system daemon configuration database
DESCRIPTION # The file rc.conf contains a series of variable assignments that are used to configure the system daemons. These variables are read by rc(8) early on in the boot sequence and every time an rc.d(8) script is executed.
It is advisable to leave rc.conf untouched, and instead create and edit a new rc.
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RC.D(8) - System Manager’s Manual # RC.D(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # rc.d - daemon control scripts
SYNOPSIS # /etc/rc.d/daemon‌ [-df] action
DESCRIPTION # The /etc/rc.d directory contains ksh(1) scripts to start, stop, and reconfigure daemon programs (“services”).
Services installed from packages(7) may be started at boot time in the order specified by the pkg_scripts variable from rc.conf(8); the order will be reversed during shutdown. Services comprising OpenBSD base are started by rc(8).
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RC.SHUTDOWN(8) - System Manager’s Manual # RC.SHUTDOWN(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # rc.shutdown - command script run at system shutdown
DESCRIPTION # When the system is shut down using the reboot(8) or halt(8) commands, or when init(8) is signalled to do so, or when a keyboard-requested halt is issued (if the architecture supports it), rc(8) is invoked with the argument “shutdown”. This document details the actions taken by rc(8) in such an instance.
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RC.SUBR(8) - System Manager’s Manual # RC.SUBR(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # rc.subr - daemon control scripts routines
SYNOPSIS # daemon=path_to_executable‌
. /etc/rc.d/rc.subr
rc_cmd action
DESCRIPTION # Apart from a few notable exceptions, rc scripts must follow this naming policy:
When possible, use the same name as the daemon it is referring to. It must follow ksh(1) variable naming: begin with an alphabetic or underscore character, followed by one or more alphanumeric or underscore characters.
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RC(8) - System Manager’s Manual # RC(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # rc, rc.firsttime, rc.local, rc.securelevel - command scripts for system startup
DESCRIPTION # rc is the command script that is invoked by init(8) when the system starts up. It performs system housekeeping chores and starts up system daemons. Additionally, rc is intricately tied to the netstart(8) script, which runs commands and daemons pertaining to the network. rc is also used to execute any rc.
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