conserver/conserver.cf/conserver.cf.man

.\" $Id: conserver.cf.man,v 1.44 2003-10-31 09:54:19-08 bryan Exp $
.TH CONSERVER.CF 5 "2003-10-31" "conserver-8.0.5" "conserver"
.SH NAME
conserver.cf \- console configuration file for
.BR conserver (8)
.SH DESCRIPTION
The format of the conserver.cf file is made up of named blocks of
keyword/value pairs, comments, and optional whitespace for formatting
flexibility.
The block types as well as the keywords are pre-defined and
explained in the
.B \s-1BLOCKS\s0
section.
A comment is an unquoted pound-sign
to a newline.
See the
.B \s-1PARSER\s0
section for full details on whitespace and quoting.
.PP
Let me first show you a sample block with a couple of keyword/value
pairs to make the description a bit simpler to understand.
.IP
.ft CR
.nf
console simple { master localhost; type exec; rw *; }
.fi
.ft
.PP
This is actually a fully functional conserver.cf file (if certain
conditions are met...and if you can list those conditions, you can
probably can skip to the
.B \s-1BLOCKS\s0
section).
.PP
Our example is made of up of a console-block named ``simple'' with three
keyword/value pairs.
What this does is define a console named ``simple'',
makes the master of that console the host ``localhost'', makes the type
an exec-style console, and gives every user read/write permission.
This is the generic format of the file:
.IP
.ft CR
.nf
block-type block-name { keyword value; ... }
.fi
.ft
.PP
To show the addition of comments and whitespace, here is the example
reformatted (but functionally equivalent):
.IP
.ft CR
.nf
# define a console named "simple"
console simple {
    # setting all required values...
    master localhost;
    type exec;  # exec-style console
    rw *;       # allow any username
}
.fi
.ft
.SH PARSER
.PP
The parser has six characters that it considers special.
These are: ``{'', ``}'', ``;'', ``#'', ``\e'', and ``"''.
The first three (hereby called tokens) define the format of the
configuration blocks and are used as word
seperators, the next is the comment character, and the last two are
quoting characters.
.PP
Word seperation occurs when the parser encounters an unquoted token
and, in certain cases, whitespace.
Whitespace is only used as a word seperator when the parser is
looking for a block-type or keyword.
When it's looking for a block-name or value, whitespace is like any
other character, which allows you to embed whitespace in a block-name
or value without having to quote it.
Here is an example:
.IP
.ft CR
.nf
default my defs { rw *; include other defs  ; }
.fi
.ft
.PP
The block-type is ``default'', the block-name is ``my defs'', and the value
for the keyword ``include'' is ``other defs''.
Whitespace around tokens are ignored so you get ``other defs''
instead of ``other defs  '' as the value.
.PP
The only way to use one of the special characters as part of a block-name
or value is to quote it.
.PP
Quoting is a simple matter of prefixing a character with a backslash or
surrounding a group of characters with double-quotes.
If a character is prefixed by a backslash, the next character is a
literal (so ``\e\e'' produces a ``\e'', ``\e"'' produces ``"'', ``\e{''
produces a ``{'', etc.).
For double-quoted strings, all characters are literal except for ``\e"'',
which embeds a double-quote.
.PP
Adding a variety of quotes to our example without changing the meaning
of things, we have:
.IP
.ft CR
.nf
"defa"ult my\e defs { rw *; in\eclude "other defs"  ; }
.fi
.ft
.SH BLOCKS
.TP 8
.B access
.RI [ " hostname " | " ipaddr " ]
.br
Define an access block for the host named
.I hostname
or using the address
.IR ipaddr .
If the value of ``*'' is used, the access block will be applied to
all conserver hosts.
Access lists are used in a first match
fashion (top down), so order is important.
.RS
.TP 15
.B admin
.RI [ " username" ,...
| "" ]
.br
Define a list of users making up the admin list for the console server.
If
.I username
matches a previously defined group name, all members of the previous
group are added to the admin list.
If the null string (``""'') is used, any
users previously defined for the console servers's admin list are removed.
.TP
.B allowed
.IR hostname ", ..."
.br
The list of hostnames are added to the ``allowed'' list, which grants
connections from the hosts but requires username authentication.
.TP
.B include
.I accessgroup
.br
The access lists defined using the name
.I accessgroup
are applied to the current access block.
The included access block must be previously defined.
.TP
.B rejected
.IR hostname ", ..."
.br
The list of hostnames are added to the ``rejected'' list, which rejects
connections from the hosts.
.TP
.B trusted
.IR hostname ", ..."
.br
The list of hostnames are added to the ``trusted'' list, which grants
connections from the hosts without username authentication.
.RE
.TP 8
.B break
.I n
.br
Define a break sequence where 0 < 
.I n
< 10.
Break sequences are accessed via the
.RI ``^El n ''
client escape sequence.
.RS
.TP 15
.B delay
.I n
.br
Set the time delay for the
.B \ed
sequence to
.I n
milliseconds.
The default time delay is 250ms.
.TP
.B string
.I breakseq
.br
Assign the string
.IR breakseq
to the specified slot
.IR n .
A break sequence is a simple character string with the exception of `\e'
and `^':
.RS
.sp
.PD 0
.TP 6
.B \ea
alert
.TP
.B \eb
backspace
.TP
.B \ed
0.33 second delay
.TP
.B \ef
form-feed
.TP
.B \en
newline
.TP
.B \er
carriage-return
.TP
.B \et
tab
.TP
.B \ev
vertical-tab
.TP
.B \ez
serial break
.TP
.B \e\e
backslash
.TP
.B \e^
circumflex
.TP
.BI \e ooo
octal representation of a character (where
.I ooo
is one to three octal digits)
.TP
.BI \e c
character
.I c
.TP
.B ^?
delete
.TP
.BI ^ c
control character
.RI ( c
is ``and''ed with 0x1f)
.PD
.RE
.RE
.TP 8
.B config
.RI [ " hostname " | " ipaddr " ]
.br
Define a configuration block for the host named
.I hostname
or using the address
.IR ipaddr .
If the value of ``*'' is used, the configuration block will be applied to
all conserver hosts.
.RS
.TP 15
.B defaultaccess
.RB [ " rejected " | " trusted " | " allowed " ]
.br
Set the default access permission for all hosts not matched by
an access list (see the
.B \-a
command-line flag).
.TP
.B daemonmode
.RB [ " yes " | " true " | " on " | " no " | " false " | " off " ]
.br
Set whether or not to become a daemon when run (see the
.B \-d
command-line flag).
.TP
.B logfile
.I filename
.br
Set the logfile to write to when in daemon mode (see the
.B \-L
command-line flag).
.TP
.B passwdfile
.I filename
.br
Set the password file location used for authentication (see the
.B \-P
command-line flag).
.TP
.B primaryport
.RI [ " number " | " name " ]
.br
Set the port used by the master conserver process (see the
.B \-p
command-line flag).
.TP
.B redirect
.RB [ " yes " | " true " | " on " | " no " | " false " | " off " ]
.br
Turn redirection on or off (see the
.B \-R
command-line flag).
.TP
.B reinitcheck
.I number
.br
Set the number of seconds used between reinitialization checks (see the
.B \-O
command-line flag).
.TP
.B secondaryport
.RI [ " number " | " name " ]
.br
Set the base port number used by child processes (see the
.B \-b
command-line flag).
.TP
.B setproctitle
.RB [ " yes " | " true " | " on " | " no " | " false " | " off " ]
.br
Set whether or not the process title shows master/group functionality
as well as the port number the process is listening on and how many
consoles it is managing.
The operating system must support the
.BR setproctitle ()
call.
.TP
.B sslcredentials
.I filename
.br
Set the
.SM SSL
credentials file location (see the
.B \-c
command-line flag).
.TP
.B sslrequired
.RB [ " yes " | " true " | " on " | " no " | " false " | " off " ]
.br
Set whether or not encryption is required when talking to clients (see the
.B \-E
command-line flag).
.RE
.TP 8
.B console
.I name
.br
Define a console identified as
.IR name .
The keywords are the same as the
.B default
block with the following addition.
.RS
.TP 15
.B aliases
.RI [ " name" ", ..."
| "" ]
.br
Define a list of console aliases.
If the null string (``""'') is used, any
aliases previously defined for the console are removed.
.RE
.TP 8
.B default
.I name
.br
Define a block of defaults identified as
.IR name .
If 
.I name
is ``*'', the automatically applied default block is defined (basically
all consoles have an implicit ``include "*";'' at the begining
of their definition).
.RS
.TP 15
.B baud
.RB [ " 300 " | " 600 " | " 1800 " | " 2400 " | " 4800"
.RB | " 9600 " | " 19200 " | " 38400 " | " 57600 " | " 115200 " ]
.br
Assign the baud rate to the console.
Only consoles of type ``device'' will use this value.
.TP
.B break
.I n
.br
Assign the break sequence
.I n
as the default for the console, which is used by
the ``^Ecl0'' client escape sequence.
.TP
.B device
.I filename
.br
Assign the serial device
.I filename
as the access to the console.
Only consoles of type ``device'' will use this value.
.TP
.B exec
.RI [ " command "
| "" ]
.br
Assign the string
.I command
as the command to access the console.
Conserver will run the command by
invoking ``/bin/sh -ce "\fIcommand\fP"''.
If the null string (``""'') is used or no
.B exec
keyword is specified, conserver will use the command ``/bin/sh -i''.
Only consoles of type ``device'' will use this value.
.TP
.B host
.I hostname
.br
Assign
.I hostname
as the host to connect to for accessing the console.
You must also set the
.B port
option as well.
Only consoles of type ``host'' will use this value.
.TP
.B include
.I default
.br
The default block defined using the name
.I default
is applied to the current console or default block.
The included default block must be previously defined.
.TP
.B initcmd
.RI [ " command "
| "" ]
.br
Invoke
.I command
as soon as the console is brought up, redirecting the console
to stdin, stdout, and stderr of
.IR command .
The
.I command
is passed as an argument to ``/bin/sh -ce''.
If the null string (``""'') is used, the command is unset and
nothing is invoked.
.TP
.B logfile
.RI [ " filename "
| "" ]
.br
Assign the logfile specified by
.I filename
to the console.  Any occurance of ``&'' in
.I filename
will be replaced with the name of the console.
If the null string (``""'') is used, the logfile name is unset and
no logging will occur.
.TP
.B master
.RI [ " hostname " | " ipaddr " ]
.br
Define which conserver host manages the console.
The host may be specified by
.I hostname
or using the address
.IR ipaddr .
.TP
.B motd
.RI [ " message "
| "" ]
.br
Set the "message of the day" for the console to
.IR message ,
which gets displayed when a client attaches to the console.
If the null string (``""'') is used, the MOTD is unset and
no message will occur.
.TP
.B options
.RI [ " option" ,...
| "" ]
.br
You can negate the option by prefixing it with a
.RB `` ! ''
character.
So, to turn off the
.B hupcl
flag, you would use
.BR !hupcl .
The following are valid
.IR option s:
.RS
.sp
.PD 0
.TP 12
.B ixon
Enable
.SM XON/XOFF
flow control on output.
Only consoles of type ``device'' or ``exec'' will use this value.
Default is
.BR ixon .
.TP
.B ixany
Enable any character to restart output.
Only consoles of type ``device'' or ``exec'' will use this value.
Default is
.BR !ixany .
.TP
.B ixoff
Enable
.SM XON/XOFF
flow control on input.
Only consoles of type ``device'' or ``exec'' will use this value.
Default is
.B ixoff
for consoles of type ``device'' and
.B !ixoff
for consoles of type ``exec''.
.TP
.B crtscts
Enable
.SM RTS/CTS
(hardware) flow control.
Only consoles of type ``device'' will use this value.
Default is
.BR !crtscts .
.TP
.B cstopb
Set two stop bits, rather than one.
Only consoles of type ``device'' will use this value.
Default is
.BR !cstopb .
.TP
.B hupcl
Lower modem control lines after last process closes the device (hang up).
Only consoles of type ``device'' will use this value.
Default is
.BR !hupcl .
.TP
.B ondemand
Initialize the console when a client requests a connection to the console.
When no clients are connected, bring the console down.
The conserver option
.B \-i
will set this flag for all consoles.
Default is
.BR !ondemand .
.TP
.B striphigh
Strip the high bit off all data coming from this console and all clients
connected to this console before processing occurs.
The conserver option
.B \-7
will set this flag for all consoles.
Default is
.BR !stiphigh .
.TP
.B reinitoncc
Automatically reinitialize (``bring up'') a downed console when a client
connects.
Without this option, a client will be attached to the downed console
and will need to manually reinitialize the console with an escape sequence.
The conserver option
.B \-o
will set this flag for all consoles.
Default is
.BR !reinitoncc .
.TP
.B autoreinit
Allow this console to be automatically reinitialized if it unexpectedly
goes down.
If the console doesn't come back up, it is retried every minute.
A console of type ``exec'' that exits with a zero exit status is
automatically reinitialized regardless of this setting.
The conserver option
.B \-F
will
.B unset
this flag for all consoles.
Default is
.BR autoreinit .
.TP
.B unloved
Enable the sending of this console's output (prefixed with it's
name) to the daemon's stdout (or the logfile if in daemon mode) when no
clients are connected to the console.
The conserver option
.B \-u
will set this flag for all consoles.
Default is
.BR !unloved .
.PD
.RE
.TP
.B parity
.RB [ " even " | " mark " | " none " | " odd " | " space " ]
.br
Set the parity option for the console.
Only consoles of type ``device'' will use this value.
.TP
.B port
.RI [ " number " | " name " ]
.br
Set the port used to access the console.
The port may be specified as a
.I number
or a
.IR name ,
in which case it will use
.BR getservbyname (3)
to look up a port number.
You must also set the
.B host
option as well.
Only consoles of type ``host'' will use this value.
.TP
.B ro
.RI [ " username" ,...
| "" ]
.br
Define a list of users making up the read-only access list
for the console.
If
.I username
matches a previously defined group name, all members of the previous
group are added to the read-only access list.
If the null string (``""'') is used, any
users previously defined for the console's read-only list are removed.
.TP
.B rw
.RI [ " username" ,...
| "" ]
.br
Define a list of users making up the read-write access list
for the console.
If
.I username
matches a previously defined group name, all members of the previous
group are added to the read-write access list.
If the null string (``""'') is used, any
users previously defined for the console's read-write list are removed.
.TP
.B timestamp
[
.RB [ \fInumber\fP [ m | h | d | l ]][ a ][ b ]
| "" ]
.br
Specifies the time between timestamps applied to the console
log file and whether to log read/write connection actions.
The timestamps look like ``[-- MARK -- Mon Jan 25 14:46:56 1999]''.
The
.RB ` m ',
.RB ` h ',
and
.RB ` d '
tags specify ``minutes'' (the default), ``hours'', and ``days''.
The
.RB ` l '
tag specifies ``lines'' and will cause timestamps of the
form ``[Mon Jan 25 14:46:56 PST 1999]'' to
be placed every
.I number
lines (a newline character signifies a new line).
So, ``5h'' specifies every five hours and ``2l'' specifies every
two lines.
An
.RB ` a '
can be specified to add logs of ``attached'', ``detached'',
and ``bumped'' actions, including the user's name and the host from which the
client connection was made.
A
.RB ` b '
can be specified to add logging of break sequences sent to the console.
.TP
.B type
.RB [ " device " | " exec " | " host " ]
.br
Set the type of console.  The type
.RB `` device ''
should be used for local serial ports (also set the
.B device
option), the type
.RB `` exec ''
should be used for command invocations (perhaps also set the
.B exec
option), and the type
.RB `` host ''
should be used for terminal servers and other socket-based
interaction (also set the
.B host
and
.B port
options).
.RE
.TP 8
.B group
.I name
.br
Define a user group identified as
.I name
.RS
.TP 15
.B users
.RI [ " username" ,...
| "" ]
.br
Define a list of users making up the group
.IR name .
If
.I username
matches a previously defined group name, all members of the previous
group are added to the current group.
If the null string (``""'') is used, any
users previously defined for this group are removed.
.RE
.SH AUTHORS
Bryan Stansell, conserver.com
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR console (1),
.BR conserver.passwd (5),
.BR conserver (8)