rcS

rcS(5)                   Debian Administrator's Manual                  rcS(5)



NAME
       rcS -- defaults used at boot time

DESCRIPTION
       /etc/default/rcS contains information in the following format:

            name=value

       Only  one  value per line is allowed. Comments are allowed too and must
       start with the ``#'' character.


OPTIONS
       The following options can be set, the defaults values are shown:


       TMPTIME=0
              On bootup the files in /tmp will be cleaned up if their  modifi-
              cation  time  was  more  than  TMPTIME days ago. A value of zero
              means that all files are removed regardless of age. If you don't
              want  the  system  to clean /tmp set TMPTIME to a negative value
              (-1) or the word infinite.


       SULOGIN=no
              Setting this to yes causes init to spawn a sulogin on  the  con-
              sole  as  one  of  the  first things in the boot process. If the
              administrator does not login, the sulogin will timeout after  30
              seconds and the boot process will continue.


       DELAYLOGIN=yes
              Normally  the  system  will  not let anyone login until the boot
              process is complete and and the system has come up completely in
              the  default  runlevel  (usually level 2). However theoretically
              it's possible to login a bit earlier, as soon as /usr/sbin/inetd
              is started. The default value of no prevents this, setting it to
              yes allows it.


       UTC=   This is used to interpret  the  system  (BIOS)  clock.  If  this
              option  is  set  to no the system clock is supposed to be set at
              local time. If this option is set to yes  the  system  clock  is
              supposed to be set at UTC (Universal Time, a.k.a. GMT).


       VERBOSE=yes
              Setting  this  option to no will make the bootup a bit less ver-
              bose.


       EDITMOTD=yes
              At boot time the  system  edits  the  first  line  of  the  file
              /etc/motd and replaces it with the output from the command uname
              -a. Setting this to no prohibits that.


       FSCKFIX=no
              When the root and all other filesystems are checked,  this  hap-
              pens  with  the  -a  flag  which  means autorepair. If there are
              really big inconsistencies, the fsck will bail out.  The  system
              will  print  a  message  asking  the administrator to repair the
              filesystem maually and present a root shell prompt  (actually  a
              sulogin  prompt)  on  the  console.  Setting this option to  yes
              causes the fsck commands to be run with the -y option instead of
              the  -a  option. This will always repair the filesystems without
              any interaction but might irreversibly  damage  your  file  sys-
              tem(s).


AUTHOR
       Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels AT cistron.nl>

SEE ALSO
       init(8), inittab(5).



                                  03 Nov 2003                           rcS(5)