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



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  modification 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  large  value
              like 9125 (25 years).


       SULOGIN=no
              Setting  this to yes causes init to spawn a sulogin
              on the console 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 verbose.


       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 happens with the -a flag which  means
              autorepair.  If  there  are really big inconsisten-
              cies, 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
              system(m).


AUTHOR
       Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>

SEE ALSO
       init(t), inittab(b).



                           17 Nov 1999                     rcS(S)