1.\" $NetBSD: dm.conf.5,v 1.8 2003/08/07 09:37:11 agc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 15.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16.\" without specific prior written permission. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" @(#)dm.conf.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 31.\" 32.Dd May 31, 1993 33.Dt DM.CONF 5 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm dm.conf 37.Nd dungeon master configuration file 38.Sh DESCRIPTION 39The 40.Nm 41file is the configuration file for the 42.Xr dm 8 43program. 44It consists of lines beginning with one of three keywords, 45.Em badtty , 46.Em game , 47and 48.Em time . 49All other lines are ignored. 50.Pp 51Any tty listed after the keyword 52.Em badtty 53may not have games played on it. 54Entries consist of two white-space separated fields: the string 55.Em badtty 56and the ttyname as returned by 57.Xr ttyname 3 . 58For example, to keep the uucp dialout, 59.Dq tty19 , 60from being used for games, the entry would be: 61.Bd -literal -offset indent 62badtty /dev/tty19 63.Ed 64.Pp 65Any day/hour combination listed after the keyword 66.Em time 67will disallow games during those hours. 68Entries consist of four white-space separated fields: the string 69.Em time , 70the unabbreviated day of the week and the beginning and ending time 71of a period of the day when games may not be played. 72The time fields are in a 0 based, 24-hour clock. 73For example, the following entry allows games playing before 8AM 74and after 5PM on Mondays: 75.Bd -literal -offset indent 76time Monday 8 17 77.Ed 78.Pp 79Any game listed after the keyword 80.Em game 81will set parameters for a specific game. 82Entries consist of five white-space separated fields: the keyword 83.Em game , 84the name of a game, the highest system load average at which the 85game may be played, the maximum users allowed if the game is to be 86played, and the priority at which the game is to be run. 87Any of these fields may start with a non-numeric character, resulting 88in no game limitation or priority based on that field. 89.Pp 90The game 91.Em default 92controls the settings for any game not otherwise listed, and must be the last 93.Em game 94entry in the file. 95Priorities may not be negative. 96For example, the following entries limits the game 97.Dq hack 98to running only when the system has 10 or less users and a load average of 5 99or less; all other games may be run any time the system has 15 or less users. 100.Bd -literal -offset indent 101game hack 5 10 * 102game default * 15 * 103.Ed 104.Sh FILES 105.Bl -tag -width /etc/dm.conf -compact 106.It Pa /etc/dm.conf 107The 108.Xr dm 8 109configuration file. 110.El 111.Sh SEE ALSO 112.Xr setpriority 2 , 113.Xr ttyname 3 , 114.Xr dm 8 115