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33.Dd $Mdocdate: October 6 2011 $
34.Dt INTRO 8
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm intro
38.Nd introduction to system maintenance and operation commands
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The manual pages in section 8 contain information related to
41system operation and maintenance.
42They describe commands concerning file systems,
43such as
44.Xr edquota 8 ,
45.Xr fsck 8 ,
46.Xr mount 8 ,
47and
48.Xr newfs 8 .
49They also cover commands concerning system backup/recovery, such as
50.Xr dump 8
51and
52.Xr restore 8 .
53.Pp
54There are pages which document the running of the system, such as
55.Xr afterboot 8 ,
56.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
57.Xr security 8 ,
58and the configuration files located in
59.Pa /etc .
60Procedures concerning system failure are documented in
61.Xr crash 8 .
62.Pp
63Section 8 pages also describe network services and daemons.
64The rest of this page discusses some of the main daemons
65available on the
66.Ox
67system,
68and how to enable/disable them.
69.Pp
70System daemons are controlled by the script
71.Xr rc 8 ,
72which is in turn configured by
73.Xr rc.conf 8 .
74For example the HTTP daemon
75.Xr httpd 8
76is controlled by the following line from
77.Xr rc.conf 8 :
78.Bd -literal -offset indent
79httpd_flags=NO
80.Ed
81.Pp
82Thus it is not started by default.
83To enable or disable daemon processes,
84administrators should edit the file
85.Xr rc.conf.local 8 ,
86which overrides
87.Xr rc.conf 8 .
88So to enable
89.Xr httpd 8 ,
90the following line might be added to
91.Pa /etc/rc.conf.local :
92.Bd -literal -offset indent
93httpd_flags=""
94.Ed
95or
96.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
97httpd_flags="-DSSL"
98.Ed
99.Pp
100As can be seen above,
101this method is also used to specify additional options.
102.Pp
103Below is a list of some of the daemons available.
104For further information, see
105.Xr rc 8
106and the individual pages for the utilities.
107.Ss Apache web server (HTTP)
108The apache web server,
109.Xr httpd 8 .
110On
111.Ox ,
112it will
113.Xr chroot 2
114to the
115.Dq ServerRoot
116path.
117Detailed information is available in
118.Pa /usr/share/doc/html/httpd/ .
119.Pp
120Relevant
121.Xr rc.conf 8
122variables:
123.Va httpd_flags .
124.Ss Automounter daemon (amd)
125If using the
126.Xr amd 8
127package,
128go into the
129.Pa /etc/amd
130directory and set it up by
131renaming
132.Pa master.sample
133to
134.Pa master
135and editing it and creating other maps as needed.
136Alternatively, you can get your maps with YP.
137.Pp
138Relevant
139.Xr rc.conf 8
140variables:
141.Va amd_flags
142and
143.Va amd_master .
144.Ss BIND name server (DNS)
145If you are using the BIND name server, check the
146.Pa /etc/resolv.conf
147file.
148It may look something like:
149.Bd -literal -offset indent
150domain nts.umn.edu
151nameserver 128.101.101.101
152nameserver 134.84.84.84
153search nts.umn.edu. umn.edu.
154lookup file bind
155.Ed
156.Pp
157If using a caching name server, add the line "nameserver 127.0.0.1" first.
158.Pp
159Relevant
160.Xr rc.conf 8
161variables:
162.Va named_flags .
163.Ss Clock synchronisation
164In order to make sure the system clock is correct,
165it may be synchronised with a number of external sources.
166The utilities available are:
167.Xr ntpd 8
168and
169.Xr rdate 8 .
170.Pp
171Relevant
172.Xr rc.conf 8
173variables:
174.Va ntpd_flags .
175.Ss BOOTP/DHCP server
176If this is a
177BOOTP or DHCP
178server, edit
179.Pa /etc/dhcpd.conf
180as needed.
181See also
182.Xr diskless 8 .
183.Pp
184Relevant
185.Xr rc.conf 8
186variables:
187.Va bootparamd_flags ,
188.Va dhcpd_flags ,
189and
190.Va dhcrelay_flags .
191.Ss HP remote boot server
192Edit
193.Pa /etc/rbootd.conf
194if needed for remote booting.
195If you do not have HP computers doing remote booting, do not enable this.
196See also
197.Xr diskless 8 .
198.Pp
199Relevant
200.Xr rc.conf 8
201variables:
202.Va rbootd_flags .
203.Ss Kerberos
204If you are going to use
205.Xr kerberos 8
206for authentication, and you already have a
207Kerberos
208master, change directory to
209.Pa /etc/kerberosV
210and configure.
211Remember to get a
212.Pa keytab
213from the master so that the remote commands work.
214.Pp
215Relevant
216.Xr rc.conf 8
217variables:
218.Va kdc_flags ,
219.Va kadmind_flags ,
220and
221.Va kpasswdd_flags .
222.Ss NFS server
223If this is an NFS server,
224edit
225.Pa /etc/exports .
226.Pp
227Relevant
228.Xr rc.conf 8
229variables:
230.Va mountd_flags
231and
232.Va nfsd_flags .
233.Ss Relay Daemon
234A relay daemon,
235.Xr relayd 8 ,
236able to run as a
237load-balancer, application layer gateway, or transparent proxy.
238.Pp
239Relevant
240.Xr rc.conf 8
241variables:
242.Va relayd_flags .
243.Ss Routing Daemons
244Various daemons for managing routing tables are available:
245.Xr bgpd 8 ,
246.Xr ospfd 8 ,
247and
248.Xr ripd 8 .
249.Pp
250Relevant
251.Xr rc.conf 8
252variables:
253.Va bgpd_flags ,
254.Va ospfd_flags ,
255and
256.Va ripd_flags .
257.Ss RPC-based network services
258Several services depend on the RPC portmapper,
259.Xr portmap 8 ,
260being running for proper operation.
261This includes YP and NFS exports, among other services.
262.Pp
263Relevant
264.Xr rc.conf 8
265variables:
266.Va portmap_flags .
267.Ss YP setup
268Check the YP domain name with the
269.Xr domainname 1
270command.
271If necessary, correct it by editing the
272.Pa /etc/defaultdomain
273file (see
274.Xr defaultdomain 5 ) .
275The
276.Pa /etc/netstart
277script reads this file on boot to determine and set the domain name.
278You may also set the running system's domain name with the
279.Xr domainname 1
280command.
281.Pp
282Relevant
283.Xr rc.conf 8
284variables:
285.Va ypbind_flags .
286.Pp
287After starting YP client services, perform the remaining YP activation
288as described in
289.Xr passwd 5
290and
291.Xr group 5 .
292.Pp
293In particular, to enable YP passwd support, you'll need to add the following
294line to
295.Pa /etc/master.passwd :
296.Pp
297.Dl +:*::::::::
298.Pp
299You do this by using
300.Xr vipw 8 .
301.Pp
302There are many more YP man pages available to help you.
303You can find more information by starting with
304.Xr yp 8 .
305.Sh SEE ALSO
306.Xr afterboot 8 ,
307.Xr rc 8 ,
308.Xr rc.conf 8
309.Sh HISTORY
310The
311.Nm intro
312section manual page appeared in
313.Bx 4.2 .
314