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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 u... |
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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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afsd.conf(5) -- configuration file for the arla AFS implementation.
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Most flags can be overridden by command line arguments to afsd. Each option can be of the type integer, string or boolean. Integer values can be written with suffix `K' (kilo, 1000), `M' (mega, 1000... |
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AliasDB(5) -- add alias for an afs cell in dynroot
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The file AliasDB add aliases for afs cellnames in dynroot, useful to add readwrite mountpoints in dynroot. Each line in the file contains at least two elements with an optional third element. The firs... |
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aliases(5) -- aliases file for sendmail
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This file describes user ID aliases used by /usr/sbin/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... |
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bgpd.conf(5) -- Border Gateway Protocol daemon configuration file
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The bgpd(8) daemon implements the Border Gateway Protocol version 4 as described in RFC 1771. |
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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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bridgename.if(5) -- interface-specific configuration files
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The hostname.* and bridgename.* files contain information regarding the configuration of each network interface. One file should exist for each interface that is to be configured, such as hostname.fxp... |
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bsd.port.mk(5) -- ports tree master Makefile fragment
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bsd.port.mk holds all the standard routines used by the ports tree. Some variables and targets are for its internal use only. The rest is documented here. Other BSD variants, as well as older versions... |
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bsd.regress.mk(5) -- regression test master Makefile fragment
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bsd.regress.mk holds the standard routines used by the source regression tests. Some variables and targets are for its internal use only. The rest are documented here. Since this file also includes bs... |
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CellServDB(5) -- AFS cells and database servers
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The file CellServDB lists AFS cells known to the local AFS cache manager. Each entry describes the name of an AFS cell and specifies the servers for that cell. Here is an example of the format of an e... |
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changelist(5) -- list of backup files
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The /etc/changelist file is a simple text file containing the names of files to be backed up and checked for modification by the system security script, security(8). It is checked daily by the /etc/da... |
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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: ``at these times on these dates run this command''. There may be a system crontab (/etc/crontab) and each user may hav... |
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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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defaultdomain(5) -- default YP domain name
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The defaultdomain file is read by netstart(8) at system startup time. It is used to set the YP domain name of the host machine (see yp(8)). This file should contain one line consisting of the system d... |
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dhclient.conf(5) -- DHCP client configuration file
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The dhclient.conf file contains configuration information for dhclient(8), the Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client. The dhclient.conf file is a free-form ASCII text file. It is parsed by the recu... |
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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-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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dhcpd.conf(5) -- dhcpd configuration file
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The dhcpd.conf file contains configuration information for dhcpd(8), the Internet Software Consortium DHCP Server. The dhcpd.conf file is a free-form ASCII text file. It is parsed by the recursive-des... |
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dhcpd.leases(5) -- DHCP client lease database
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The Internet Software Consortium DHCP Server keeps a persistent database of leases that it has assigned. This database is a freeform ASCII file containing a series of lease declarations. Every time a ... |
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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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disklabel(5) -- disk pack label
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Each disk or disk pack on a system may contain a disk label which provides detailed information about the geometry of the disk and the partitions into which the disk is divided. It should be initializ... |
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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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DynRootDB(5) -- AFS cells and database servers
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The file DynRootDB specifies what AFS cells that should appear in the AFS root (/afs) when starting afsd. Each line in the file should contain one cell, for example: stacken.kth.se e.kth.se nada.kth.s... |
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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... |
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ethers(5) -- Ethernet host name database
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The ethers file maps Ethernet addresses to host names. Lines consist of an address and a host name, separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. A `#' indicates the beginning of a comment... |
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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 RFC 1094, 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 lines which specify how the permissions and ownership of various system files should be changed based on the user's login device name. Comments start with a `#' and extend to... |
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files.conf(5) -- rules base for the config utility
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The various files.* files located in the kernel source tree contain all the necessary information needed by config(8) to parse a kernel configuration file and determine the list of files to compile. |
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forward(5) -- e-mail forwarding information file
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Users may put a file named .forward in their home directory. If this file exists, sendmail(8) (and sendmail-like mailers) will redirect mail for the user to the list of addresses found in the .forward... |
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fs(5) -- format of file system volume
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The files and declare several structures and define variables and macros which are used to create and manage the underlying format of file system objects on random acc... |
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fstab(5) -- static information about the filesystems
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The fstab file 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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genassym.cf(5) -- assym.h definition file
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The genassym.cf file is used by genassym.sh(8) to make constant C expressions known to assembler source files. Lines starting with '#' are discarded by genassym.sh(8). Lines starting with include, i... |
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gettytab(5) -- terminal configuration database
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The gettytab file is a simplified version of the termcap(5) database used to describe terminal lines. The initial terminal login process getty(8) accesses the gettytab file each time it starts, allowi... |
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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. Unlike the ditroff font format, there is no associated binary format. The font files for device name are stored in a directory d... |
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groff_out(5) -- groff intermediate output format
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This manual page describes the format output by GNU troff. The output format used by GNU troff is very similar to that used by Unix device-independent troff. Only the differences are documented here. ... |
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group(5) -- format of the group permissions file
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The file /etc/group consists of newline separated ASCII records, one per group, containing four colon (`:') separated fields. These fields are as follows: group Name of the group. passwd Group's enc... |
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hostname.if(5) -- interface-specific configuration files
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The hostname.* and bridgename.* files contain information regarding the configuration of each network interface. One file should exist for each interface that is to be configured, such as hostname.fxp... |
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hosts(5) -- host name database
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The hosts file contains information regarding the known hosts on the network. For each host, a single line should be present with the following information: Internet address Official host name Aliases... |
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hosts.allow(5) -- tcp wrapper 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.deny(5) -- tcp wrapper 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.equiv(5) -- trusted remote hosts and host-user pairs
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The hosts.equiv and .rhosts files list hosts and users which are ``trusted'' by the local host when a connection is made via rshd(8), or any other server that uses ruserok(3). This mechanism bypasse... |
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hosts_access(5) -- tcp wrapper 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) -- tcp wrapper 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 extensible language uses the following format: daemon_list : client_list : option : option ..... |
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inetd.conf(5) -- internet ``super-server''
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inetd 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 service the sock... |
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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 and define variables and macros which are used to create and manage the underlying format of file system objects on random acc... |
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intro(5) -- introduction to file formats
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The manual pages in section 5 contain information related to file formats, including: +o ASCII configuration and resource files +o system binary file structures +o composition of database files |
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isakmpd.conf(5) -- configuration file for isakmpd
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isakmpd.conf is the configuration file for the isakmpd daemon managing security association and key management for the IPsec layer of the kernel's networking stack. The file is of a well known type o... |
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isakmpd.policy(5) -- policy configuration file for isakmpd
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isakmpd.policy is the policy configuration file for the isakmpd daemon managing security association and key management for the ipsec(4) layer of the kernel's networking stack. The isakmpd(8) daemon ... |
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keynote(5) -- assertion format
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For more details on keynote, see RFC 2704. KeyNote assertions are divided into sections, called `fields', that serve various semantic functions. Each field starts with an identifying label at the beg... |
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krb5.conf(5) -- configuration file for Kerberos 5
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The 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. The ... |
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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 utmp file, logins and logouts in the wtmp file, and last logins in the lastlog file. The timestamps of d... |
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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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login.conf(5) -- login class capability database
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The login.conf file describes the various attributes of login classes. A login class determines what styles of authentication are available as well as session resource limits and environment setup. Wh... |
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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 file(1) command, version 3.22. The file command identifies the type of a file using, among other tests, a test for whether the fi... |
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mailer.conf(5) -- configuration file for mailwrapper(8)
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The file /etc/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 a typ... |
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malloc.conf(5) -- memory allocation and deallocation
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The malloc() function allocates uninitialized space for an object whose size is specified by size. The malloc() function maintains multiple lists of free blocks according to size, allocating space fro... |
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man.conf(5) -- configuration file for man(1)
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The man(1), apropos(1), and whatis(1) commands search for manual pages or their database files as specified by the man.conf file. Manual pages are normally expected to be preformatted (see nroff(1)) a... |
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map3270(5) -- database for mapping ASCII keystrokes into IBM 3270 keys
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When emulating IBM-style 3270 terminals under UNIX (see tn3270(1)), a mapping must be performed between sequences of keys hit on a user's (ASCII) keyboard, and the keys that are available on a 3270. ... |
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master.passwd(5) -- format of the password file
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The master.passwd file, readable only by root, consists of newline-separated records, one per user, containing ten colon (`:') separated fields. These fields are as follows: name User's login name. ... |
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mk.conf(5) -- system-specific configuration parameters
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To get system-specific configuration parameters, will try to include the file specified by the MAKECONF variable. If MAKECONF is not set, or no such file exists, the system make configura... |
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moduli(5) -- system moduli file
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The /etc/moduli file contains the system-wide Diffie-Hellman prime moduli for sshd(8). Each line in this file contains the following fields: Time, Type, Tests, Tries, Size, Generator, Modulus. The fie... |
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motd(5) -- message of the day
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The /etc/motd file 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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mygate(5) -- default hostname and gateway
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The myname and mygate files are read by netstart(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 quali... |
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myname(5) -- default hostname and gateway
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The myname and mygate files are read by netstart(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 quali... |
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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 t... |
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networks(5) -- Internet Protocol network name database
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The networks file is used as a local source to translate between Internet Protocol (IP) network addresses and network names (and vice versa). It can be used in conjunction with the Domain Name System ... |
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newsyslog.conf(5) -- trim log files to manageable sizes
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newsyslog is a program that should be scheduled to run periodically by cron(8). When it is executed it archives log files if necessary. If a log file is determined to require archiving, newsyslog rear... |
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ntpd.conf(5) -- Network Time Protocol daemon configuration file
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This manual page describes the format of the ntpd(8) configuration file. It has the following format: Empty lines and lines beginning with the `#' character are ignored. The possible keywords are as ... |
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passwd(5) -- format of the password file
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The master.passwd file, readable only by root, consists of newline-separated records, one per user, containing ten colon (`:') separated fields. These fields are as follows: name User's login name. ... |
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pf.conf(5) -- packet filter configuration file
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The pf(4) packet filter modifies, drops or passes packets according to rules or definitions specified in pf.conf. |
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pf.os(5) -- format of the operating system fingerprints file
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The pf(4) firewall and the tcpdump(8) program can both fingerprint the operating system of hosts that originate an IPv4 TCP connection. The file consists of newline-separated records, one per fingerpr... |
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phones(5) -- remote host phone number file
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phones files are used by tip(1) to find phone numbers not included in the remote(5) database(s) being used. The default file is /etc/phones, which is used unless the PHONES environment variable has be... |
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portal.conf(5) -- mount the portal daemon
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The mount_portal command attaches an instance of the portal daemon to the global filesystem namespace. The conventional mount point is /p. This command is normally executed by mount(8) at boot time. T... |
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printcap(5) -- printer capability database
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The printcap file is a simplified version of the termcap(5) database used to describe line printers. The spooling system accesses the printcap file every time it is used, allowing dynamic addition and... |
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protocols(5) -- protocol name database
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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 n... |
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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 remote hos... |
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resolv.conf(5) -- resolver configuration file
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The resolv.conf file specifies how the resolver(3) routines in the C library (which provide access to the Internet Domain Name System) should operate. The resolver configuration file contains informat... |
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resolver(5) -- resolver configuration file
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The resolv.conf file specifies how the resolver(3) routines in the C library (which provide access to the Internet Domain Name System) should operate. The resolver configuration file contains informat... |
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rndc.conf(5) -- rndc configuration file
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rndc.conf is the configuration file for rndc, the BIND 9 name server control utility. This file has a similar structure and syntax to named.conf. Statements are enclosed in braces and terminated with ... |
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rpc(5) -- rpc program number database
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The rpc file contains user readable names that can be used in place of rpc program numbers. Each line has the following information: name of server for the rpc program rpc program number aliases Items... |
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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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securenet(5) -- ypserv(8) configuration file for secure networks
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The securenet file controls which hosts can connect to the YP server. The format is rather simple. Each row consists of two items. The first item is the network mask. The second item is the network. |
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sensorsd.conf(5) -- configuration file for sensorsd(8)
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The sensorsd.conf file is read by sensorsd(8) to configure hardware sensor monitoring. Each entry represents one sensor and may specify high and low limits. If the sensor data is out of range of the l... |
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services(5) -- service name database
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The services file contains information regarding the known services available in the DARPA Internet. For each service, a single line should be present with the following information: official service ... |
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shells(5) -- shell database
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The shells file contains a list of valid shells available on the system. A shell is a command line interpreter that reads user input and executes commands. For each shell a single line should be prese... |
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skey(5) -- one-time password user database
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The /etc/skey directory contains user records for the S/Key one-time password authentication system. Records take the form of files within /etc/skey where each file is named for the user whose record ... |
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spamd.conf(5) -- configuration file read by spamd-setup(8) for spamd(8)
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The spamd.conf file is read by spamd-setup(8) to configure blacklists and whitelists with corresponding pf(4) table entries for spamd(8). spamd.conf follows the syntax of configuration databases as do... |
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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(5) files. These are the types for permanent symbols (i.e., not local labels, etc.) used by the old debugger sdb and the... |
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sudoers(5) -- list of which users may execute what
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The sudoers file is composed of two types of entries: aliases (basically variables) and user specifications (which specify who may run what). The grammar of sudoers will be described below in Extended... |
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SuidCells(5) -- lists AFS cells for which afsd will honor the setuid bit
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The setuid bit on binaries executed from AFS are ignored for the cells that are not listed in SuidCells. The SuidCells file contain a list of cells separated by newlines. The cells need to exist in Ce... |
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sysctl.conf(5) -- sysctl variables to set at system startup
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sysctl.conf contains a list of sysctl(8) variable assignments that is read at system startup by rc(8) early on in the boot sequence. The file is made up of sysctl(8) variable assignments (variable=val... |
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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 specifications, with each line containing two fields: the selector field ... |
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term(5) -- format of compiled term file.
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NOTE: OpenBSD uses a Berkeley DB-style terminfo database instead of the SVR4 method of one description per file described below. Compiled terminfo descriptions are placed under the directory /usr/shar... |
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termcap(5) -- terminal capability database
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The termcap file is a database describing terminals, used, for example, by vi(1) and curses(3). Terminals are described in termcap by giving a set of capabilities that they have and by describing how ... |
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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 vi(1), rogue(1) and libraries such as curses(3). Terminfo describes terminals by giving a set of capabilities whi... |
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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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ThisCell(5) -- specify a host's home AFS cell
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The file ThisCell specifies which cell the AFS client belongs to. This affects the default cell to use for commands such as pts(1), fs(1), vos(8), kauth(1), kinit(1), afslog(1), but other cells can st... |
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ttys(5) -- terminal initialization information
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The ttys file 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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types(5) -- system data types
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The file contains the defined data types used in the kernel (most are used throughout the system). #ifndef _SYS_TYPES_H_ #define _SYS_TYPES_H_ /* Machine type dependent parameters. */ #i... |
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tzfile(5) -- time zone information
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The time zone information files used by tzset(3) begin with the magic characters "TZif" to identify themselves as time zone information files, followed by sixteen bytes reserved for future use, foll... |
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usermgmt.conf(5) -- user management tools configuration file
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The usermgmt.conf file defines the default values used by the user management tools, user(8). Options in this file can be set by manually editing /etc/usermgmt.conf or using the -D option to useradd(8... |
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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 utmp file, logins and logouts in the wtmp file, and last logins in the lastlog file. The timestamps of d... |
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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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vgrindefs(5) -- language definition database for vgrind(1)
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The vgrindefs file contains all the language definitions for vgrind(1). The database is very similar to termcap(5). |
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wsconsctl.conf(5) -- wsconsctl variables to set at system startup
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wsconsctl.conf contains a list of wsconsctl(8) variable assignments that is read at system startup by rc(8) during the boot sequence. The file is made up of wsconsctl(8) variable assignments (variable... |
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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 utmp file, logins and logouts in the wtmp file, and last logins in the lastlog file. The timestamps of d... |
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ypserv.acl(5) -- ypserv(8) configuration file
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The ypserv.acl file controls which hosts can connect to the YP server. The format is more complex than the format for securenet(5). The first two words on each line controls if the line will allow or ... |
