NAME¶
make_sockdfc - Generates frozen configuratyion file for SOCKS server
SYNOPSIS¶
make_sockdfc [infile [
outfile] ]
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
infile is
/etc/sockd.conf; the default for
outfile is
/etc/sockd.fc. You may specify
infile while omitting
outfile, but you cannot specify
outfile without also speficying
infile.
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
/etc/sockd.fc first. If that file is not found, it then tries to use
the plain-text configuration file
/etc/sockd.conf. If you use frozen
configuration, you must remember to run
make_sockdfc 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
dump_sockdfc.
FILES¶
/etc/sockd.fc,
/etc/sockd.conf
SEE ALSO¶
dump_sockdfc(8),
sockd.conf(5),
sockd.fc(5)
AUTHOR¶
Ying-Da Lee, yingda@best.com or yingda@esd.sgi.com