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a.out(5) -- format of executable binary files
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The include file declares three structures and several macros. The structures describe the format of executable machine code files (`binaries') on the system. A binary file consists of up t... |
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acct(5) -- execution accounting file
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The kernel maintains the following acct information structure for all processes. If a process terminates, and accounting is enabled, the kernel calls the acct(2) function call to prepare and append th... |
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aliases(5) -- aliases file for sendmail
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This file describes user ID aliases used by sendmail. The file resides in /etc/mail and is formatted as a series of lines of the form name: addr_1, addr_2, addr_3, . . . The name is the name to alias,... |
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amd.conf(5) -- amd configuration file
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The amd.conf file is the configuration file for amd, as part of the amutils suite. amd.conf contains runtime configuration information for the amd(8) automounter program. |
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auth.conf(5) -- authentication capability database
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auth.conf contains various attributes important to the authentication code, most notably kerberos(5) for the time being. This documentation will be updated as the /etc/auth.conf file, which is very ne... |
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big5(5) -- ``Big Five'' encoding for Traditional Chinese text
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``Big Five'' is the de facto standard for encoding Traditional Chinese text. Each character is represented by either one or two bytes. Characters from the ASCII character set are represented as sing... |
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bluetooth.hosts(5) -- Bluetooth host name database
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The /etc/bluetooth/hosts file contains information regarding the known Bluetooth hosts. For each Bluetooth host a single line should be present with the following information: Bluetooth address offici... |
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bluetooth.protocols(5) -- Bluetooth Protocol Service Multiplexor database
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The /etc/bluetooth/protocols file contains information regarding the known Bluetooth Protocol Service Multiplexor values. For each Bluetooth Protocol Service Multiplexor a single line should be presen... |
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bootparams(5) -- boot parameter database
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The bootparams file specifies the boot parameters that diskless(8) clients may request when booting over the network. Each client supported by this server must have an entry in the bootparams file con... |
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bootptab(5) -- Internet Bootstrap Protocol server database
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The bootptab file is the configuration database file for bootpd(8), the Internet Bootstrap Protocol server. Its format is similar to that of termcap(5) in which two-character case-sensitive tag symbol... |
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config(5) -- kernel configuration file format
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A kernel configuration file specifies the configuration of a FreeBSD kernel. It is processed by config(8) to create a build environment where a kernel may be built using make(1). Lexical Structure ... |
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core(5) -- memory image file format
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A small number of signals which cause abnormal termination of a process also cause a record of the process's in-core state to be written to disk for later examination by one of the available debugger... |
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crontab(5) -- tables for driving cron
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A crontab file contains instructions to the cron(8) daemon of the general form: ``run this command at this time on this date''. Each user has their own crontab, and commands in any given crontab wil... |
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ctm(5) -- source code mirror system
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The ctm transfers data in a specific file format, called a CTM delta. CTM deltas consist of control lines and data chunks. Each control line starts with the letters ``CTM'', followed by a CTM statem... |
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cvs(5) -- Concurrent Versions System support files
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cvs is a system for providing source control to hierarchical collections of source directories. Commands and procedures for using cvs are described in cvs(1). cvs manages source repositories, the dire... |
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devd.conf(5) -- configuration file for devd(8)
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General Syntax A devd(8) configuration consists of two general features, statements and comments. All statements end with a semicolon. Many statements can contain substatements, which are also termina... |
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devfs(5) -- device file system
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The device file system, or devfs, provides access to kernel's device namespace in the global file system namespace. The conventional mount point is /dev. The file system includes several directories,... |
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device.hints(5) -- device resource hints
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The device.hints file is read in by the boot loader(8) when the system is about to start, and its contents are passed to the kernel. It contains various variables to control the boot behavior of the k... |
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dhclient.conf(5) -- DHCP client configuration file
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The dhclient.conf file contains configuration information for dhclient, the Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client. The dhclient.conf file is a free-form ASCII text file. It is parsed by the recursi... |
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dhclient.leases(5) -- DHCP client lease database
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The Internet Software Consortium DHCP client keeps a persistent database of leases that it has acquired that are still valid. The database is a free-form ASCII file containing one valid declaration pe... |
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dhcp-eval(5) -- ISC DHCP conditional evaluation
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The Internet Software Consortium DHCP client and server both provide the ability to perform conditional behavior depending on the contents of packets they receive. The syntax for specifying this condi... |
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dhcp-options(5) -- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol options
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The Dynamic Host Configuration protocol allows the client to receive options from the DHCP server describing the network configuration and various services that are available on the network. When conf... |
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dir(5) -- directory file format
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Directories provide a convenient hierarchical method of grouping files while obscuring the underlying details of the storage medium. A directory file is differentiated from a plain file by a flag in i... |
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dirent(5) -- directory file format
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Directories provide a convenient hierarchical method of grouping files while obscuring the underlying details of the storage medium. A directory file is differentiated from a plain file by a flag in i... |
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disktab(5) -- disk description file
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Disktab is a simple database which describes disk geometries and disk partition characteristics. It is used to initialize the disk label on the disk. The format is patterned after the termcap(5) termi... |
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drivers.conf(5) -- driver configuration file for boot floppies
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The file drivers.conf is used during the release build process. A FreeBSD release includes three installation floppies. The first floppy image, kern.flp, contains a statically linked kernel. The secon... |
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editrc(5) -- configuration file for editline library
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The editrc file defines various settings to be used by the editline(3) library. The format of each line is: [prog:]command [arg [...]] command is one of the editline(3) builtin commands. Refer to BUIL... |
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elf(5) -- format of ELF executable binary files
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The header file defines the format of ELF executable binary files. Amongst these files are normal executable files, relocatable object files, core files and shared libraries. An executable fil... |
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ethers(5) -- ethernet address database
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The ethers database contains information regarding known 48-bit ethernet addresses of hosts on an Internetwork. The data is stored in a file called /etc/ethers in the following format: ethernet-addres... |
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euc(5) -- EUC encoding of wide characters
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EUC implements a system of 4 multibyte codesets. A multibyte character in the first codeset consists of len1 bytes starting with a byte in the range of 0x00 to 0x7f. To allow use of ASCII, len1 is alw... |
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exports(5) -- define remote mount points for NFS mount requests
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The exports file specifies remote mount points for the NFS mount protocol per the NFS server specification; see Network File System Protocol Specification, RFC1094, Appendix A and NFS: Network File Sy... |
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fbtab(5) -- change device protection upon login
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The fbtab file contains a number of lines specifying a device together with a list of devices with associated protections. Comments start with a `#' and extend to the end of the line. Blank lines or ... |
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fdescfs(5) -- file-descriptor file system
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The file-descriptor file system, or fdescfs, provides access to the perprocess file descriptor namespace in the global file system namespace. The conventional mount point is /dev/fd. The file system'... |
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finger.conf(5) -- finger(1) alias configuration file
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The optional finger.conf file is used to provide aliases that can be fingered by local and network users. This may be useful where a user's login name is not the same as their preferred mail address,... |
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forward(5) -- mail forwarding instructions
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The .forward file contains a list of mail addresses or programs that the user's mail should be redirected to. If the file is not present, then no mail forwarding will be done. Mail may also be forwar... |
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fs(5) -- format of file system volume
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The files and declare several structures, defined variables and macros which are used to create and manage the underlying format of file system objects on random access devices (disks... |
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fstab(5) -- static information about the file systems
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The file fstab contains descriptive information about the various file systems. fstab is only read by programs, and not written; it is the duty of the system administrator to properly create and maint... |
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ftpchroot(5) -- list users and groups subject to FTP access restrictions
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The file ftpchroot is read by ftpd(8) at the beginning of an FTP session, after having authenticated the user. Each line in ftpchroot corresponds to a user or group. If a line in ftpchroot matches the... |
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gb18030(5) -- GB 18030 encoding method for Chinese text
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The GB18030 encoding implements GB 18030-2000, a PRC national standard for the encoding of Chinese characters. It is a superset of the older GB 2312-1980 and GBK encodings, and incorporates Unicode's... |
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gb2312(5) -- GB2312 encoding method for Chinese text
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The GB2312 encoding implements GB 2312-1980, a PRC national standard for the encoding of simplified Chinese characters. Multibyte characters in the GB2312 encoding can be one byte or two bytes long. G... |
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gbk(5) -- Guojia biaozhun kuozhan (GBK) encoding method for Chinese text
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GBK is a backwards-compatible extension of the GB 2312-1980 encoding method for Chinese text, which adds the characters defined in the Unified Han portion of the Unicode 2.1 standard. Multibyte charac... |
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gettytab(5) -- terminal configuration data base
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The gettytab file is a simplified version of the termcap(5) data base used to describe terminal lines. The initial terminal login process getty(8) accesses the gettytab file each time it starts, allow... |
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groff_font(5) -- format of groff device and font description files
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The groff font format is roughly a superset of the ditroff font format. The font files for device name are stored in a directory devname. There are two types of file: a device description file called ... |
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groff_out(5) -- groff intermediate output format
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This manual page describes the intermediate output format of the GNU roff(7) text processing system. This output is produced by a run of the GNU troff(1) program before it is fed into a device postpro... |
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groff_tmac(5) -- macro files in the roff typesetting system
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The roff(7) type-setting system provides a set of macro packages suitable for special kinds of documents. Each macro package stores its macros and definitions in a file called the package's tmac file... |
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group(5) -- format of the group permissions file
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The group file is the local source of group information. It can be used in conjunction with the Hesiod domain `group', and the NIS maps `group.byname' and `group.bygid', as controlled by nsswitch.c... |
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hcsecd.conf(5) -- hcsecd(8) configuration file
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The hcsecd.conf file is the configuration file for the hcsecd(8) Bluetooth link keys/PIN codes management daemon. The hcsecd.conf file is a free-form ASCII text file. It is parsed by the recursive-des... |
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hesiod.conf(5) -- configuration file for the Hesiod library
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The file hesiod.conf determines the behavior of the Hesiod library. Blank lines and lines beginning with a `#' character are ignored. All other lines should be of the form variable = value, where the... |
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hosts(5) -- host name data base
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The hosts file contains information regarding the known hosts on the network. It can be used in conjunction with DNS, and the NIS maps `hosts.byaddr' and `hosts.byname', as controlled by nsswitch.co... |
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hosts.equiv(5) -- trusted remote host and user name data base
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The hosts.equiv and .rhosts files contain information regarding trusted hosts and users on the network. For each host a single line should be present with the following information: simple hostname [u... |
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hosts.lpd(5) -- trusted hosts that may use local print services
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The hosts.lpd file contains a list of hostnames or IP addresses that are allowed to use your local print services. List every hostname or IP address on a line itself. |
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hosts_access(5) -- format of host access control files
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This manual page describes a simple access control language that is based on client (host name/address, user name), and server (process name, host name/address) patterns. Examples are given at the end... |
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hosts_options(5) -- host access control language extensions
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This document describes optional extensions to the language described in the hosts_access(5) document. The extensions are enabled at program build time. For example, by editing the Makefile and turnin... |
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inetd.conf(5) -- internet ``super-server''
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The inetd utility should be run at boot time by /etc/rc (see rc(8)). It then listens for connections on certain internet sockets. When a connection is found on one of its sockets, it decides what serv... |
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info(5) -- readable online documentation
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The Info file format is an easily-parsable representation for online documents. It can be read by emacs(1) and info(1) among other programs. Info files are usually created from texinfo(5) sources by m... |
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inode(5) -- format of file system volume
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The files and declare several structures, defined variables and macros which are used to create and manage the underlying format of file system objects on random access devices (disks... |
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intro(5) -- introduction to file formats
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This section contains information about file formats. |
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ipf(5) -- IP packet filter rule syntax
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A rule file for ipf may have any name or even be stdin. As ipfstat produces parseable rules as output when displaying the internal kernel filter lists, it is quite plausible to use its output to feed ... |
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ipnat(5) -- IP NAT file format
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The format for files accepted by ipnat is described by the following grammar: ipmap :: = mapblock | redir | map . map ::= mapit ifname ipmask "->" dstipmask [ mapport ] mapoptions. map ::= mapit ifn... |
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ipnat.conf(5) -- IP NAT file format
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The format for files accepted by ipnat is described by the following grammar: ipmap :: = mapblock | redir | map . map ::= mapit ifname ipmask "->" dstipmask [ mapport ] mapoptions. map ::= mapit ifn... |
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ipsend(5) -- IP packet description language
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The ipsend program expects, with the -L option, input to be a text file which fits the grammar described below. The purpose of this grammar is to allow IP packets to be described in an arbitary way wh... |
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isdnd.acct(5) -- isdn4bsd ISDN management daemon accounting file format
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The file isdnd.acct contains accounting information which is written if the variable useacctfile in the isdnd(8) configuration file isdnd.rc(5) is set to on and charging information transmission has b... |
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isdnd.rates(5) -- isdn4bsd ISDN management daemon rates description file
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The file isdnd.rates contains descriptions how long charging units last at a given time of day, day of week and the distance to the destination. If this file is available, this information may be used... |
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isdnd.rc(5) -- isdn4bsd ISDN connection management daemon config file format
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The file /etc/isdn/isdnd.rc contains (if not otherwise specified on the command line) the runtime configuration for the isdnd(8) ISDN connection management daemon which is part of the isdn4bsd package... |
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kbdmap(5) -- keyboard map file format for kbdcontrol
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A kbdmap file describes how the keys on a keyboard should behave. These files can be loaded using kbdcontrol(1), or kbdmap(1) can be used to select one of the default kbdmap files interactively. A kbd... |
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keycap(5) -- keyboard mapping data base
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The keycap file is a data base describing keyboard mappings, used by kcon(1). Entries in keycap consist of a number of `:'-separated fields. The first entry for each mapping gives the names that are ... |
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keymap(5) -- keyboard map file format for kbdcontrol
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A kbdmap file describes how the keys on a keyboard should behave. These files can be loaded using kbdcontrol(1), or kbdmap(1) can be used to select one of the default kbdmap files interactively. A kbd... |
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krb5.conf(5) -- configuration file for Kerberos 5
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The /etc/krb5.conf file specifies several configuration parameters for the Kerberos 5 library, as well as for some programs. The file consists of one or more sections, containing a number of bindings.... |
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lastlog(5) -- login records
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The file declares the structures used to record information about current users in the file utmp, logins and logouts in the file wtmp, and last logins in the file lastlog. The time stamps of ... |
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libmap.conf(5) -- configuration file for dynamic object dependency mapping
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The libmap functionality of ld-elf.so.1(1) allows dynamic object dependencies to be mapped to arbitrary names. The configuration file consists of two whitespace separated columns; the left hand side c... |
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link(5) -- dynamic loader and link editor interface
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The include file declares several structures that are present in dynamically linked programs and libraries. The structures define the interface between several components of the link-editor a... |
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linprocfs(5) -- Linux process file system
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The Linux process file system, or linprocfs, emulates a subset of Linux' process file system and is required for the complete operation of some Linux binaries. The linprocfs provides a two-level view... |
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loader.conf(5) -- system bootstrap configuration information
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The file loader.conf contains descriptive information on bootstrapping the system. Through it you can specify the kernel to be booted, parameters to be passed to it, and additional modules to be loade... |
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login.access(5) -- login access control table
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The login.access file specifies (user, host) combinations and/or (user, tty) combinations for which a login will be either accepted or refused. When someone logs in, the login.access is scanned for th... |
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login.conf(5) -- login class capability database
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login.conf contains various attributes and capabilities of login classes. A login class (an optional annotation against each record in the user account database, /etc/master.passwd) determines session... |
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mac.conf(5) -- format of the MAC library configuration file
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The mac.conf file configures the default label elements to be used by policy-agnostic applications that operate on MAC labels. A file contains a series of default label sets specified by object class,... |
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magic(5) -- file command's magic number file
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This manual page documents the format of the magic file as used by the magic command, version 3.41. The file command identifies the type of a file using, among other tests, a test for whether the file... |
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mailer.conf(5) -- configuration file for mailwrapper(8)
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The file /etc/mail/mailer.conf contains a series of pairs. The first member of each pair is the name of a program invoking mailwrapper(8) which is typically a symbolic link to /usr/sbin/sendmail. (On ... |
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make.conf(5) -- system build information
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The file make.conf contains settings that control the compilation of the FreeBSD sources and ported applications. The file make.conf is generally created by the system administrator when the values ne... |
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malloc.conf(5) -- general purpose memory allocation functions
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The malloc() function allocates size bytes of memory. The allocated space is suitably aligned (after possible pointer coercion) for storage of any type of object. If the space is at least pagesize byt... |
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master.passwd(5) -- format of the password file
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The passwd files are the local source of password information. They can be used in conjunction with the Hesiod domains `passwd' and `uid', and the NIS maps `passwd.byname', `passwd.byuid', `master... |
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moduli(5) -- system moduli file
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The moduli file contains the system-wide Diffie-Hellman prime moduli for the photurisd(8) and sshd(8) programs. Each line in this file contains the following fields: Time, Type, Tests, Tries, Size, Ge... |
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motd(5) -- file containing message(s) of the day
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The file /etc/motd is normally displayed by login(1) after a user has logged in but before the shell is run. It is generally used for important system-wide announcements. During system startup, a line... |
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msdos(5) -- MS-DOS file system
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The msdosfs driver will permit the FreeBSD kernel to read and write MS-DOS based file systems. The most common usage follows: mount_msdosfs /dev/ad0sN /mnt where N is the partition number and /mnt is ... |
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msdosfs(5) -- MS-DOS file system
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The msdosfs driver will permit the FreeBSD kernel to read and write MS-DOS based file systems. The most common usage follows: mount_msdosfs /dev/ad0sN /mnt where N is the partition number and /mnt is ... |
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mskanji(5) -- Shift-JIS (MS Kanji) encoding for Japanese text
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Shift-JIS, also known as MS Kanji or SJIS, is an encoding system for Japanese characters, developed by Microsoft Corporation. It encodes the characters from the JIS X 0201 (ASCII/JIS-Roman) and JIS X ... |
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named.conf(5) -- configuration file for named(8)
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netconfig(5) -- network configuration data base
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The netconfig file defines a list of ``transport names'', describing their semantics and protocol. In FreeBSD, this file is only used by the RPC library code. Entries have the following format: netw... |
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netgroup(5) -- defines network groups
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The netgroup file specifies ``netgroups'', which are sets of (host, user, domain) tuples that are to be given similar network access. Each line in the file consists of a netgroup name followed by a ... |
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netid(5) -- YP network credential file
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Files in netid format are rare. One lives in the YP map netid.byname. The format is rather simple. Each row consists of two items: a key and a value. When created by mknetid(8) there are three types o... |
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networks(5) -- network name data base
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The networks file contains information regarding the known networks which comprise the DARPA Internet. For each network a single line should be present with the following information: official network... |
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nologin(5) -- disallow logins
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Programs such as login(1) disallow logins if the file /var/run/nologin exists. Programs display the contents of /var/run/nologin to the user and exit. This makes it simple to temporarily prevent incom... |
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nsmb.conf(5) -- configuration file for SMB requests
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The nsmb.conf file contains information about the computers, users, and shares or mount points for the SMB network protocol. The configuration hierarchy is made up of several sections, each section co... |
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nsswitch.conf(5) -- name-service switch configuration file
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The nsswitch.conf file specifies how the nsdispatch(3) (name-service switch dispatcher) routines in the C library should operate. The configuration file controls how a process looks up various databas... |
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ntp.conf(5) -- Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon configuration file
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The ntp.conf configuration file is read at initial startup by the ntpd(8) daemon in order to specify the synchronization sources, modes and other related information. Usually, it is installed in the /... |
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ntp.keys(5) -- NTP daemon key file format
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Following is a description of the format of NTP key files. For a description of the use of these files, see the "Authentication Support" section of the ntp.conf(5) page. In the case of DES, the keys... |
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opieaccess(5) -- OPIE database of trusted networks
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The opieaccess file contains a list of networks that are considered trusted by the system as far as security against passive attacks is concerned. Users from networks so trusted will be able to log in... |
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opiekeys(5) -- OPIE database of user key information
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The opiekeys file contains user information used by the OPIE software to authenticate users. The opiekeys file is backwards compatible with the S/Key /etc/skeykeys database file, but only if the hashi... |
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passwd(5) -- format of the password file
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The passwd files are the local source of password information. They can be used in conjunction with the Hesiod domains `passwd' and `uid', and the NIS maps `passwd.byname', `passwd.byuid', `master... |
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pbm(5) -- portable bitmap file format
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The portable bitmap format is a lowest common denominator monochrome file format. It was originally designed to make it reasonable to mail bitmaps between different types of machines using the typical... |
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pccard.conf(5) -- pccardd(8) configuration file
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The pccard.conf file is the configuration file for the pccardd(8) PC-CARD slot management daemon. It provides information to allow card identification, and the matching of drivers (along with driver r... |
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periodic.conf(5) -- periodic job configuration information
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The file periodic.conf contains a description of how daily, weekly and monthly system maintenance jobs should run. It resides in the /etc/defaults directory and parts may be overridden by a file of th... |
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phones(5) -- remote host phone number data base
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The file /etc/phones contains the system-wide private phone numbers for the tip(1) program. This file is normally unreadable, and so may contain privileged information. The format of the file is a ser... |
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printcap(5) -- printer capability data base
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The Printcap function is a simplified version of the termcap(5) data base used to describe line printers. The spooling system accesses the printcap file every time it is used, allowing dynamic additio... |
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procfs(5) -- process file system
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The process file system, or procfs, implements a view of the system process table inside the file system. It is normally mounted on /proc, and is required for the complete operation of programs such a... |
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protocols(5) -- protocol name data base
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The protocols file contains information regarding the known protocols used in the DARPA Internet. For each protocol a single line should be present with the following information: official protocol na... |
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publickey(5) -- public key database
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/etc/publickey is the public key database used for secure RPC (Remote Procedure Calls). Each entry in the database consists of a network user name (which may either refer to a user or a hostname), fol... |
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pw.conf(5) -- format of the pw.conf configuration file
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The file contains configuration data for the pw(8) utility. The pw(8) utility is used for maintenance of the system password and group files, allowing users and groups to be added, dele... |
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quota.group(5) -- per file system quota database
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Each file system with active quotas should contain a quota.user and quota.group file in the file system root. These files are created by quotacheck(8), and should be edited with edquota(8). |
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quota.user(5) -- per file system quota database
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Each file system with active quotas should contain a quota.user and quota.group file in the file system root. These files are created by quotacheck(8), and should be edited with edquota(8). |
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radius.conf(5) -- RADIUS client configuration file
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radius.conf contains the information necessary to configure the RADIUS client library. It is parsed by rad_config(3). The file contains one or more lines of text, each describing a single RADIUS serve... |
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rc.conf(5) -- system configuration information
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The file rc.conf contains descriptive information about the local host name, configuration details for any potential network interfaces and which services should be started up at system initial boot t... |
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rcsfile(5) -- format of RCS file
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An RCS file's contents are described by the grammar below. The text is free format: space, backspace, tab, newline, vertical tab, form feed, and carriage return (collectively, white space) have no si... |
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remote(5) -- remote host description file
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The systems known by tip(1) and their attributes are stored in an ASCII file which is structured somewhat like the termcap(5) file. Each line in the file provides a description for a single system. Fi... |
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resolv.conf(5) -- resolver configuration file
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The resolver(3) is a set of routines in the C library which provide access to the Internet Domain Name System. The resolver configuration file contains information that is read by the resolver routine... |
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resolver(5) -- resolver configuration file
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The resolver(3) is a set of routines in the C library which provide access to the Internet Domain Name System. The resolver configuration file contains information that is read by the resolver routine... |
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rhosts(5) -- trusted remote host and user name data base
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The hosts.equiv and .rhosts files contain information regarding trusted hosts and users on the network. For each host a single line should be present with the following information: simple hostname [u... |
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rpc(5) -- rpc program number data base
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The rpc file contains user readable names that can be used in place of RPC program numbers. For each RPC program a single line should be present with the following information: 1. name of the RPC prog... |
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rrenumd.conf(5) -- configuration file for router renumbering daemon
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The rrenumd config file describes how the router renumbering packet must be constructed and to which destinations it should be sent. This file consists of a sequence of statements terminated by a semi... |
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rtadvd.conf(5) -- config file for router advertisement daemon
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This file describes how the router advertisement packets must be constructed for each of the interfaces. As described in rtadvd(8), you do not have to set this configuration file up at all, unless you... |
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services(5) -- service name data base
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The services file contains information regarding the known services available in the Internet. For each service a single line should be present with the following information: official service name po... |
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shells(5) -- shell database
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The shells file contains a list of the shells on the system. For each shell a single line should be present, consisting of the shell's path, relative to root. A hash mark (``#'') indicates the begi... |
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sshd_config(5) -- OpenSSH SSH daemon configuration file
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sshd reads configuration data from /etc/ssh/sshd_config (or the file specified with -f on the command line). The file contains keyword-argument pairs, one per line. Lines starting with `#' and empty ... |
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ssh_config(5) -- OpenSSH SSH client configuration files
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ssh obtains configuration data from the following sources in the following order: 1. command-line options 2. user's configuration file ($HOME/.ssh/config) 3. system-wide configuration file (/etc/ssh/... |
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stab(5) -- symbol table types
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The file defines some of the symbol table n_type field values for a.out files. These are the types for permanent symbols (i.e. not local labels, etc.) used by the old debugger sdb and the Ber... |
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style.Makefile(5) -- FreeBSD Makefile file style guide
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This file specifies the preferred style for makefiles in the FreeBSD source tree. +o All makefiles should have an SCM ID at the start of the file, followed by a blank line. # $FreeBSD$ +o .PATH: comes... |
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sysctl.conf(5) -- kernel state defaults
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The /etc/sysctl.conf file is read in when the system goes into multi-user mode to set default settings for the kernel. The /etc/sysctl.conf is in the format of the sysctl(8) command, i.e. sysctl_mib=v... |
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syslog.conf(5) -- syslogd(8) configuration file
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The syslog.conf file is the configuration file for the syslogd(8) program. It consists of blocks of lines separated by program and hostname specifications (separations appear along on the line), with ... |
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tacplus.conf(5) -- TACACS+ client configuration file
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tacplus.conf contains the information necessary to configure the TACACS+ client library. It is parsed by tac_config() (see libtacplus(3)). The file contains one or more lines of text, each describing ... |
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term(5) -- format of compiled term file.
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Compiled terminfo descriptions are placed under the directory /usr/share/misc/terminfo. In order to avoid a linear search of a huge UNIX system directory, a two-level scheme is used: /c/name where nam... |
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termcap(5) -- terminal capability data base
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The termcap file is a data base describing terminals, used, for example, by vi(1) and ncurses(3). Terminals are described in termcap by giving a set of capabilities that they have and by describing ho... |
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terminfo(5) -- terminal capability data base
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Terminfo is a data base describing terminals, used by screen-oriented programs such as nvi(1), rogue(1) and libraries such as curses(3X). Terminfo describes terminals by giving a set of capabilities w... |
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texinfo(5) -- software documentation system
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Texinfo is a documentation system that uses a single source file to produce both online information and printed output. It is primarily designed for writing software manuals. For a full description of... |
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tmac(5) -- macro files in the roff typesetting system
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The roff(7) type-setting system provides a set of macro packages suitable for special kinds of documents. Each macro package stores its macros and definitions in a file called the package's tmac file... |
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ttys(5) -- terminal initialization information
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The file ttys contains information that is used by various routines to initialize and control the use of terminal special files. This information is read with the getttyent(3) library routines. There ... |
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tzfile(5) -- timezone information
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The time zone information files used by tzset(3) begin with the magic characters ``TZif'' to identify them as time zone information files, followed by sixteen bytes reserved for future use, followed... |
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usbd.conf(5) -- usbd(8) configuration file
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The usbd.conf file is the configuration file for the usbd(8) daemon. It provides information to allow execution of userland commands on events reported by the usb(4) subsystem in the kernel. Currently... |
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utf2(5) -- Universal character set Transformation Format encoding of wide characters
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The UTF2 encoding has been deprecated in favour of UTF-8. New applications should not use UTF2. The UTF2 encoding is based on a proposed X-Open multibyte FSS-UCS-TF (File System Safe Universal Charact... |
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utf8(5) -- UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
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The UTF-8 encoding represents UCS-4 characters as a sequence of octets, using between 1 and 6 for each character. It is backwards compatible with ASCII, so 0x00-0x7f refer to the ASCII character set. ... |
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utmp(5) -- login records
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The file declares the structures used to record information about current users in the file utmp, logins and logouts in the file wtmp, and last logins in the file lastlog. The time stamps of ... |
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uuencode(5) -- format of an encoded uuencode file
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Files output by uuencode(1) consist of a header line, followed by a number of body lines, and a trailer line. The uudecode(1) command will ignore any lines preceding the header or following the traile... |
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uuencode.format(5) -- format of an encoded uuencode file
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Files output by uuencode(1) consist of a header line, followed by a number of body lines, and a trailer line. The uudecode(1) command will ignore any lines preceding the header or following the traile... |
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vgrindefs(5) -- language definition data base for vgrind(1)
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The vgrindefs file contains all language definitions for vgrind(1). The data base is very similar to termcap(5). |
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wtmp(5) -- login records
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The file declares the structures used to record information about current users in the file utmp, logins and logouts in the file wtmp, and last logins in the file lastlog. The time stamps of ... |
