.TH MAKE_SOCKDFC 8 "May 6, 1996"
.SH NAME
make_sockdfc \-  Generates frozen configuratyion file for SOCKS server
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBmake_sockdfc [\fIinfile\fR [\fIoutfile\fR] ]\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
make_sockdfc reads in a plain-text configuration file for the
SOCKS server and produces
a frozen configuration file as the output.

Both arguments are optional. The default for \fIinfile\fR is
\fB/etc/sockd.conf\fP; the default for \fIoutfile\fP is
\fB/etc/sockd.fc\fP. You may specify \fIinfile\fR while omitting
\fIoutfile\fR, but you cannot specify \fIoutfile\fR without also
speficying \fIinfile\fR.

The contents of the frozen configuration file is essentially the 
memory image of the parsed input file. Using the frozen configuration
file can reduce the start-up delay of the SOCKS server program since
it no longer has to parse the file contents.

When the SOCKS server starts, it always looks for the frozen
configuration file \fB/etc/sockd.fc\fP first. If that file
is not found, it then tries to use the plain-text configuration file
\fB/etc/sockd.conf\fP. If you use frozen configuration,
you must remember to run \fImake_sockdfc\fR every time after you
modify the plain-text file or the SOCKS server will continue to use
the frozen file of a previous configuration.

To find out the contents of a frozen configuration file, use
\fIdump_sockdfc\fR.
.SH FILES
\fB/etc/sockd.fc\fP, \fB/etc/sockd.conf\fP
.SH SEE ALSO
\fIdump_sockdfc\fR(8),
\fIsockd.conf\fR(5), \fIsockd.fc\fR(5)
.SH AUTHOR
.nf
Ying-Da Lee, yingda@best.com or yingda@esd.sgi.com