macgateconfig(8)

macgateconfig8

Create the macgated.config file.

Usage

macgateconfig [ -v,--version ] [ -h,--help ] --force ]

Overview

macgateconfig creates the /etc/MacGated.config file, which is sourced by a script which runs at boot time, in order to determine whether and how to configure the IPDDP (Appletalk-IP decapsulation) device and run the MacGated routing daemon. It asks a few questions and writes the file based on the administrator's answers.

Options

-v,--version

Print the version of macgateconfig and exit.

-h,--help

Print help about usage and exit.

--force

Force the generation of new configuration files even if these files already exist on the system.

Files

/etc/MacGated.config

Contains directives for the script which starts MacGated and configures the IPDDP device at boot time.

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 2.1 (Slink).

  1. 2.1–2.2

Author

David Huggins-Daines <[email protected]>

From macgate 1.14-5 in Debian 2.2 (Potato). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.