/etc/

Welcome to /etc/.

Introduction

Here we find system configuration files and scripts.

Content

Directories

Directory	Description
/etc/autofs
/etc/bluetooth/	bluetooth configuration files
/etc/conf.d
/etc/cron.d
/etc/defaults/	Default system configuration files. Refer to rc(8) for details.
/etc/devd
/etc/devd-openrc
/etc/dma
/etc/gss
/etc/init.d
/etc/libmap.d
/etc/local.d
/etc/mail/	Configuration files for mail transport agents such as sendmail(8).
/etc/man.d
/etc/mtree/	mtree configuration files; see mtree(8)
/etc/newsyslog.conf.d
/etc/ntp
/etc/pam.d/	configuration files for the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) library
/etc/periodic/	scripts that are run daily, weekly, and monthly, via cron(8); see periodic(8)
/etc/pkg
/etc/ppp/	ppp configuration files; see ppp(8)
/etc/rc.conf.d
/etc/rc.d/	system and daemon startup/control scripts; see rc(8)
/etc/runlevels
/etc/security/	OpenBSM audit configuration files; see audit(8)
/etc/ssh/	OpenSSH configuration files; see ssh(1)
/etc/ssl/	OpenSSL configuration files
/etc/sysctl.d	file: /etc/sysctl.d/README: Kernel system variables configuration files
/etc/syslog.d	content 3 files: /etc/syslog.d/ftp.conf; contains: ftp.info /var/log/xferlog /etc/syslog.d/lpr.conf; contains: lpr.info /var/log/lpd-errs /etc/syslog.d/ppp.conf; contains: !ppp*.* /var/log/ppp.log
/etc/unbound	link to /var/unbound
/etc/X11	no content
/etc/zfs	no content
Back to Directory Structure

Files

Files	Description
/etc/aliases	link to mail/aliasses
/etc/amd.map	FreeBSD has the ability to automatically mount and unmount NFS filesystems upon demand through the automounter daemon, amd(8). See its man page for details.
/etc/auto_master	The automounter configuration consists of the auto_master configuration file, which assigns filesystem paths to map names, and maps, which contain actual mount information and any direct maps that it references, and mounts or unmounts autofs(5) filesystems to match. The auto_master configuration file is used by the automount(8) command. Map files are read by the automountd(8) daemon.
/etc/blacklistd.conf	The blacklistd.conf files contains configuration lines for blacklistd(8). It contains one entry per line, and is similar to inetd.conf(5). There must be an entry for each field of the configuration file, with entries for each field separated by a tab or a space.
/etc/crontab	A crontab file contains instructions to the cron(8) daemon of the general form: ``run this command at this time on this date. Each user has their own crontab, and commands in any given crontab will be executed as the user who owns the crontab. Uucp and News will usually have their own crontabs, eliminating the need for explicitly running su(1) as part of a cron command.
/etc/csh.cshrc	C shell with file name completion and command line editing. A login shell begins by executing commands from the system files /etc/csh.cshrc and /etc/csh.login
/etc/csh.login	C shell with file name completion and command line editing
/etc/csh.logout	C shell with file name completion and command line editing. When a login shell terminates it sets the logout shell variable to normal' or `automatic' as appropriate, then executes commands from the files /etc/csh.logout and ~/.logout.
/etc/ddb.conf	The ddb reads the ddb.conf for instuructions. The ddb utility configures certain aspects of the ddb(4) kernel debugger from user space that are not configured at compile-time or easily via sysctl(8) MIB entries.
/etc/devd.conf	Configuration file for devd(8). A devd(8) (device state change daemon) configuration consists of two general features, statements and comments. All statements end with a semicolon. Many statements can contain substatements, which are also terminated with a semicolon.
/etc/devd-openrc.conf	OpenRC is a dependency-based init system that works with the system-provided init program, normally /sbin/init. Currently, it does not have an init program of its own. devd.conf is modified from FreeBSD to call /etc/rc.devd which is a generic hook into OpenRC.
/etc/devfs.conf	The devfs.conf file provides an easy way to set ownership and permissions, or create links for devices available at boot. It does not work for devices plugged in and out after the system is up and running, e.g. USB devices. See devfs.rules(5) for setting ownership and permissions for all device nodes, and devd.conf(5) for actions to be taken when devices are attached or detached.
/etc/devfs.rules	The devfs.rules file provides an easy way to create and apply devfs(8) rules, even for devices that are not available at boot.
/etc/dhclient.conf
/etc/dhcpcd.conf
/etc/disktab
/etc/dumpdates
/etc/fbtab
/etc/freebsd-update.conf
/etc/fstab
/etc/ftpusers
/etc/gettytab
/etc/group
/etc/hostid
/etc/hosts
/etc/hosts.allow
/etc/hosts.equiv
/etc/hosts.lpd
/etc/hosts-e
/etc/inetd.conf
/etc/libalias.conf
/etc/libmap.conf
/etc/localtime
/etc/locate.rc
/etc/login.access
/etc/login.conf
/etc/login.conf.db
/etc/mac.conf
/etc/mail.rc
/etc/master.passwd
/etc/motd
/etc/netconfig
/etc/netstart
/etc/network.subr
/etc/networks
/etc/newsyslog.conf
/etc/nscd.conf
/etc/nsmb.conf
/etc/nsswitch.conf
/etc/ntp.conf
/etc/openrc
/etc/openrc.shutdown
/etc/opieaccess
/etc/opiekeys
/etc/passwd
/etc/pccard_ether
/etc/pf.os
/etc/phones
/etc/pkgbase.setup
/etc/portsnap.conf
/etc/printcap
/etc/profile
/etc/protocols
/etc/pwd.db
/etc/rc
/etc/rc.bsdextended
/etc/rc.conf
/etc/rc.conf.ghostbsd
/etc/rc.devd
/etc/rc.dynamicdiskless
/etc/rc.firewall
/etc/rc.initdiskless
/etc/rc.resume
/etc/rc.sendmail
/etc/rc.shutdown
/etc/rc.subr
/etc/rc.suspend
/etc/regdomain.xml
/etc/remote
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/rmt	Link to /usr/sbin/rmt
/etc/rpc
/etc/services
/etc/shells
/etc/snmpd.config
/etc/spwd.db
/etc/sysctl.conf
/etc/syslog.conf
/etc/termcap	Link to /usr/misc/termcap
/etc/termcap.small
/etc/ttys
Back to Directory Structure