RC(8) NetBSD System Manager's Manual RC(8)
NAME
rc, rc.shutdown, rc.d/ - startup and shutdown scripts
SYNOPSIS
rc rc.shutdown rc.d/
DESCRIPTION
rc is the command script which controls the startup of various services, and is invoked by init(8) as part of the process of entering the auto- matic reboot to multi-user startup, or after the single user mode shell has exited. If init(8) is starting the automatic reboot process, rc is invoked with the argument of `autoboot'. rc.shutdown is the command script which shuts down various services, and is invoked by shutdown(8) as part of the process of shutting down the system. rc.d/ is the directory which contains various sh(1) scripts, one for each service, which are called by rc at startup, rc.shutdown at shutdown, and as necessary during system operation to stop, start, restart, reload, or otherwise control the service. Operation of rc 1. Source /etc/rc.subr to load various rc.subr(8) shell functions to use. 2. If autobooting, set autoboot=yes and enable a flag (rc_fast=yes), which prevents the rc.d scripts from performing the check for already running processes (thus speeding up the boot process). This rc_fast=yes speedup won't occur when rc is started up after exiting the single-user shell. 3. Invoke rcorder(8) to order the files in /etc/rc.d/ that do not have a ``nostart'' keyword (refer to rcorder(8)'s -s flag), and assigns the result to a variable. 4. Calls each script in turn using run_rc_script() (from rc.subr(8)), which sets $1 to `start', and sources the script in a subshell. If the script has a `.sh' suffix then it is sourced directly into the current shell. Operation of rc.shutdown 1. Source /etc/rc.subr to load various rc.subr(8) shell functions to use. 2. Invoke rcorder(8) to order the files in /etc/rc.d/ that have a ``shutdown'' keyword (refer to rcorder(8)'s -k flag), reverses that order, and assigns the result to a variable. 3. Calls each script in turn using run_rc_script() (from rc.subr(8)), which sets $1 to `stop', and sources the script in a subshell. If the script has a `.sh' suffix then it is sourced directly into the current shell. Contents of rc.d/ rc.d/ is located in /etc/rc.d. The following file naming conventions are currently used in rc.d/: ALLUPPERCASE Scripts that are `placeholders' to ensure that cer- tain operations are performed before others. In order of startup, these are: NETWORKING Ensure basic network services are running, including general network configuration (network) and dhclient. SERVERS Ensure basic services (such as NETWORKING, ppp, syslogd, and kdc) exist for services that start early (such as named), because they're required by DAEMON below. DAEMON Before all general purpose daemons such as dhcpd, lpd, and ntpd. LOGIN Before user login services (inetd, telnetd, rshd, sshd, and xdm), as well as before services which might run commands as users (cron, postfix, and sendmail). foo.sh Scripts that are to be sourced into the current shell rather than a subshell have a `.sh' suffix. Extreme care must be taken in using this, as the startup sequence will terminate if the script does. /etc/rc.d/bootconf.sh uses this behaviour to allow the user to select a different configuration (including /etc/rc.conf) early in the boot. bar Scripts that are sourced in a subshell. These can stop the boot if necessary with the following shell commands: if [ "$autoboot" = yes ]; then kill -TERM $$ fi exit 1 Note that this should be used extremely sparingly! Each script should contain rcorder(8) keywords, especially an appropriate ``PROVIDE'' entry. The scripts are expected to support at least the following arguments: start Start the service. This should check that the service is to be started as specified by rc.conf(5). Also checks if the service is already running and refuses to start if it is. This latter check is not performed by standard NetBSD scripts if the system is starting directly to multi-user mode, to speed up the boot process. stop If the service is to be started as specified by rc.conf(5), stop the service. This should check that the service is running and complain if it's not. restart Perform a stop then a start. status If the script starts a process (rather than performing a one-off operation), show the status of the process. Oth- erwise it's not necessary to support this argument. Defaults to displaying the process ID of the program (if running). poll If the script starts a process (rather than performing a one-off operation), wait for the command to exit. Other- wise it's not necessary to support this argument. rcvar Display which rc.conf(5) variables are used to control the startup of the service (if any). Other arguments (such as `reload', `dumpdb', etc) can be added if neces- sary. The argument may have one of the following prefixes to alter its opera- tion: fast Skip the check for an existing running process. Sets rc_fast=yes. force Skips the rc.conf(5) check, ignores a failure result from any of the prerequisite checks, executes the command, and always returns a zero exit status. Sets rc_force=yes. one Skips the rc.conf(5) check, but performs all other prerequi- site tests. In order to simplify scripts, the run_rc_command() function from rc.subr(8) may be used.
FILES
/etc/rc Startup script called by init(8). /etc/rc.d/ Directory containing control scripts for each service. /etc/rc.shutdown Shutdown script called by shutdown(8). /etc/rc.subr Contains rc.subr(8) functions used by various scripts. /etc/rc.conf System startup configuration file.
SEE ALSO
rc.conf(5), init(8), rc.subr(8), rcorder(8), reboot(8), shutdown(8)
HISTORY
The rc command appeared in 4.0BSD. The /etc/rc.d support was implemented in NetBSD 1.5 by Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org>. NetBSD 2.1 January 6, 2004 NetBSD 2.1
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