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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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(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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RCCTL(8) - System Manager’s Manual # RCCTL(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # rcctl - configure and control daemons and services
SYNOPSIS # rcctl get|getdef|set service | daemon [variable [argument …]]
rcctl [-df] check|configtest|reload|restart|start|stop daemon …
rcctl disable|enable|order [daemon …]
rcctl ls all|failed|off|on|rogue|started|stopped
DESCRIPTION # The rcctl utility can enable or disable a base system service or a base system or package daemon in rc.conf.local(8) or display its configuration and status.
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