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.Nm i4brunppp
.Nd interface i4b to userland ppp in server mode
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm i4brunppp
The
.Nm
utility
is part of the isdn4bsd package and is used to interface i4b to the so-called
userland
.Xr ppp 8

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.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
procedure appeared in
utility appeared in
.Bx 3.0 .

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.Nm
name ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The shell script
The
.Nm
found in the
utility is a shell script located in the
.Dq Pa /dev
directory, is used to create the common special
files.
directory. It is used to create the common special files.
See
.Xr intro 4
for a more complete discussion of special files.
.Pp
The
.Nm
takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are
utility takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are
the common abbreviation for the device.
There are two special devices,
.Dq std

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.Nm
name ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The shell script
The
.Nm
found in the
utility is a shell script located in the
.Dq Pa /dev
directory, is used to create the common special files.
directory. It is used to create the common special files.
See
.Xr intro 4
for a more complete discussion of special files.
.Pp
The
.Nm
takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are
utility takes any number of device names as arguments, where the names are
the common abbreviation for the device.
There are two special devices,
.Dq std

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.Op Ar options
.Op Ar floppy-type Op Ar site-name
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
is a script which can be used to produce a minimal implementation of
utility is a script which produces a minimal implementation of
.Fx
(historically called
.Nm PicoBSD )
@ -20,8 +21,9 @@ which typically fits on one floppy disk, or can be downloaded as a
single image file from some media such as CDROM, flash memory, or through
.Xr etherboot .
.Pp
The
.Nm
was originally created to build simple standalone systems
utility was originally created to build simple standalone systems
such as firewalls or bridges, but because of the ability to
cross-build images with different source trees than the one
in the server, it can be extremely useful to developers to
@ -664,7 +666,7 @@ created by
.An Greg Lehey Aq grog@lemis.com .
.Sh BUGS
In order to build
.Nm ,
.Nm Ns ,
the kernel of the system on which it is built must have the
.Xr vn 4
driver installed.

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.Nm rc.local
.Nm rc.shutdown
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Rc
is the command script which controls the automatic reboot
The
.Nm
utility is the command script which controls the automatic reboot
(calling the other scripts) and
.Nm rc.local
is the script holding commands which are pertinent only
@ -63,8 +64,9 @@ mechanism is used instead of rc.local these days but if
you do want to use rc.local, /etc/rc still supports it.
In this case, rc.local should source /etc/rc.conf and
contain additional custom startup code for your system.
.Nm Rc.conf
contains the global system configuration information referenced
The
.Nm rc.conf
file contains the global system configuration information referenced
by the rc files, while
.Nm rc.conf.local
contains the local system configuration.
@ -137,8 +139,9 @@ but these may be overridden with the
.Xr rc.conf 5
variable.
.Pp
.Nm Rc.shutdown
is the command script which contains any necessary commands
The
.Nm rc.shutdown
script contains any necessary commands
to be executed as the system is shut down.
.Pp
When an automatic reboot is in progress,
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and clears the scratch directory
.Pa /tmp .
.Pp
.Nm Rc.early
is run very early in the startup process, immediately before the
The
.Nm rc.early
script is run very early in the startup process, immediately before the
filesystem check.
.Pp
.Nm Rc.serial
is used to set any special configurations for serial devices.
The
.Nm rc.serial
script is used to set any special configurations for serial devices.
.Pp
.Nm Rc.pccard
is used to enable PC-cards.
The
.Nm rc.pccard
script is used to enable PC-cards.
.Pp
.Nm Rc.network
is used to start the network.
The
.Nm rc.network
script is used to start the network.
The network is started in three passes.
The first pass sets the hostname and domainname, configures the network
interfaces, turns on any IP firewall rules, and starts routing.
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The third pass starts NFS, amd, rwhod, Kerberos and
the multicast routing daemon.
.Pp
.Nm Rc.firewall
is used to configure rules for the kernel based firewall
The
.Nm rc.firewall
script is used to configure rules for the kernel based firewall
service.
It has several possible options:
.Pp
@ -207,19 +215,22 @@ disables the loading of firewall rules.
will load the rules in the given filename (full path required).
.El
.Pp
.Nm Rc.atm
is used to configure ATM network interfaces.
The
.Nm rc.atm
script is used to configure ATM network interfaces.
The interfaces are configured in three passes.
The first pass performs the initial interface configuration.
The second pass completes the interface configuration and defines PVCs and
permanent ATMARP entries.
The third pass starts any ATM daemons.
.Pp
.Nm Rc.<arch>
runs architecture specific programs.
The
.Nm rc.<arch>
script runs architecture specific programs.
.Pp
.Nm Rc.local
is executed after the scripts above, but before the rest of the
The
.Nm rc.local
script is executed after the scripts above, but before the rest of the
.Nm
file is completed.
In a default installation
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.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
utility appeared in
.Bx 4.0 .