NAME

sysconfigdb − Maintains the subsystem configuration database

SYNOPSIS

/sbin/sysconfigdb [-a | -d | -l | -s | -u] [-f file] [subsystem-name]

DESCRIPTION

The sysconfigdb command is used to maintain and manage the /etc/sysconfigtab subsystem configuration database.  The subsystem-name argument names the subsystem that you want to manage. 

To modify the /etc/sysconfigtab database, you create a stanza-formatted file.  (See stanza(4) for information on creating a stanza-formatted file.)  The file contains the name of the subsystem and a list of attributes and their values. To move the contents of the file into the /etc/sysconfigtab database, you issue the sysconfigdb command with the appropriate flag and subsystem name.  For example, suppose you create the following file named table_mgr.stanza that defines the attributes for a subsystem named table_mgr:

To add the contents of this file to the /etc/sysconfigtab database, issue the following command:

# sysconfigdb -a -f table_mgr.stanza table_mgr

This command also updates the in-memory copy of the /etc/sysconfigtab database.  The in-memory copy of the database is the one that the kernel uses to configure kernel subsystems. 

You should always use the sysconfigdb command to modify the /etc/sysconfigtab database.  If you use a text editor to modify /etc/sysconfigtab, you must subsequently use the sysconfigdb -s command to update the in-memory copy of the database.  Otherwise, the kernel has no access to changes you make to the database. 

FLAGS

-aAdds the specified subsystem stanza entry in the file specified with the -f flag to the subsystem configuration database. 

-dDeletes the specified subsystem entry from the configuration database. 

-f fileSpecifies the file containing the specified subsystem’s stanza entry.  This flag is used with the -a and -u flags. 

-lLists the specified subsystem entry in the configuration database. If you omit subsystem-name, all subsystem entries are listed. 

-sSynchronizes the /etc/sysconfigtab file and the in-memory configuration database by updating the in-memory database so that it matches the /etc/sysconfigtab file. 

-uUpdates the specified subsystem’s configuration database entry with the file named in the -f flag. 

EXAMPLES

The following list shows examples of using the sysconfigdb command:

       •To update an existing entry in the system configuration database, use the -u flag:

# sysconfigdb -u -f table_mgr.stanza table_mgr

This command updates the table_mgr entry with the information in the table_mgr.stanza file.  The in-memory copy of the subsystem configuration database is also updated.  However, the table_mgr subsystem is unchanged.  The new values are passed to the subsystem the next time the subsystem is configured. 

       •To list the entry for a subsystem in the database, use the -l flag:

# sysconfigdb -l table_mgr
table_mgr:

       •To delete the entry for a subsystem from the database, use the -d flag:

# sysconfigdb -d table_mgr

FILES

/etc/sysconfigtab
The subsystem configuration database

RELATED INFORMATION

Commands:  cfgmgr(8) sysconfig(8)

Files:  sysconfigtab(4), stanza(4)