RC.TCPIP, RC.TCPIP.LOCAL(5,F) TCP/IP User's Guide RC.TCPIP, RC.TCPIP.LOCAL(5,F) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- rc.tcpip, rc.tcpip.local PURPOSE Sets up host names and addresses, initializes routes, and starts the TCP/IP daemons. SYNOPSIS /etc/rc.tcpip, /[LOCAL]/rc.tcpip.local DESCRIPTION The rc.tcpip file contains the commands necessary to run TCP/IP. The file rc.tcpip contains commands that run on every site in a TCF cluster. The file rc.tcpip.local is stored in the file system in a TCF cluster and can be customized by the system administrator to run commands specific to a particular cluster site. The ifconfig command defines the interfaces (adapter cards) to be configured. The hostname command defines the host name and Internet address. The route command sets the routing tables statically. The remaining entries execute the TCP/IP daemons. The daemon, inetd, acts as a super daemon for many of the basic TCP/IP services. When requests for those services arrive, inetd runs the appropriate daemon. The remaining daemons not supported by inetd are: named routed timed rwhod These daemons are not started by the inetd command because they generally do not run on all hosts. If TCP/IP is to be initialized when the system is started, the following line must be in the system startup script file: sh /etc/rc.tcpip FILES /etc/rc.tcpip /rc.tcpip.local RELATED INFORMATION In this book: "hostname" "inetd" Processed October 29, 199RC.TCPIP, RC.TCPIP.LOCAL(5,F) 1 RC.TCPIP, RC.TCPIP.LOCAL(5,F) TCP/IP User's Guide RC.TCPIP, RC.TCPIP.LOCAL(5,F) "route" Processed October 29, 199RC.TCPIP, RC.TCPIP.LOCAL(5,F) 2