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svcsetup(8)


NAME

  svcsetup - set up the svc.conf file


SYNOPSIS

  /usr/sbin/svcsetup


DESCRIPTION

  The svcsetup script modifies the svc.conf file on your system. The svc.conf
  file must be modified whenever you configure or remove a database
  distribution service, such as the Network Information Service (NIS,
  formerly YP) or BIND (for the hosts database only). Changes take effect
  immediately.

  Modifications to the svc.conf file can also be made via an editor.

  When you run svcsetup, do the following:

   1.  Choose the m option from the Configuration menu.

   2.  Enter the numbers, separated by a space, from the Change Menu that
       correspond to the databases whose entries you want to modify.

   3.  Indicate, for each database that you selected in step 2, the order in
       which you want the services queried. Selections 3, 4, 5, and 6 are
       valid for the <interactive>(hosts) database only.


RESTRICTIONS

  The recommended configuration is that you have local as the first entry for
  all databases, except possibly hosts.

  The Security Integration Architecture (SIA) is now responsible for setting
  the service order for the passwd and group databases. The passwd and group
  entry in the svc.conf file remain for backwards compatibility only. The
  SECLEVEL entry also remains for backwards compatibility only; SIA now
  configures system security.

  Only NIS can serve the netgroup database, even if local is specified for
  the netgroup entry.

  You must be superuser to run svcsetup.


FILES

  /etc/svc.conf
      Service order configuration file


SEE ALSO

  Functions: getsvc(3)

  Files: svc.conf(4)

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