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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
| commit | 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d (patch) | |
| tree | 8ae6d698b3c9801750a8b117b3842fb369872a3a /static/openbsd/man5/mygate.5 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
docs: OpenBSD Man Pages Added
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man5/mygate.5 b/static/openbsd/man5/mygate.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f6217fcd --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man5/mygate.5 @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: mygate.5,v 1.3 2025/03/29 11:24:02 schwarze Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Jason McIntyre <jmc@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 29 2025 $ +.Dt MYGATE 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mygate +.Nd default gateway +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm mygate +file is read by +.Xr netstart 8 +at system startup time. +.Pp +.Pa /etc/mygate , +if it exists, +contains the address of the gateway host. +The gateway is added to the routing tables by the +.Xr route 8 +utility. +If +.Pa /etc/mygate +does not exist, no default gateway is added to the routing tables. +The file may contain gateway addresses for both IPv4 and IPv6 networks +in dotted quad notation for v4 +.Pq e.g. 192.0.2.1 +or in colon notation for v6 +.Pq e.g. 2001:db8::1 . +Each address must be specified on a separate line. +If more than one address of a specific family is found, +only the first is used \- all other addresses of that family are ignored. +.Pp +.Pa /etc/mygate +is processed after all interfaces have been configured. +If any +.Xr hostname.if 5 +files contain +.Dq inet autoconf +directives, +IPv4 entries in +.Pa /etc/mygate +will be ignored. +If they contain +.Dq inet6 autoconf +directives, +IPv6 entries will be ignored. +.Pp +Additionally, arbitrary shell commands can be executed during processing +of this file, using +.Ar \&! Ns Ar command +directives similar to +.Xr hostname.if 5 . +This is useful for doing additional configuration after all interfaces +are configured by +.Xr netstart 8 . +.Pp +Empty lines and lines beginning with +.Sq # +are ignored. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width "/etc/mygate" -compact +.It Pa /etc/mygate +Default gateway address(es). +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr hostname.if 5 , +.Xr netstart 8 , +.Xr route 8 +.Sh HISTORY +Support for the file +.Pa /etc/mygate +first appeared in +.Nx 0.8 . |
