LATD.CONF(5)

🎀 LATD.CONF(5) — like, the latd.conf file formats manual, bestie 💖

okay so real talk: this is latd.conf(5) from the File Formats Manual section, and it's about to be your new obsession. no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

latd.conf — the LAT configuration file 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

/etc/latd.conf

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

/etc/latd.conf is literally a shell script (run by /bin/sh) and it gets run when latd is started up with the latcp -s command. periodt.

it holds the commands you use to customise lat for your site, and usually it's just a list of latcp commands. so simple, so iconic.

heads up bestie: latd.conf is run with a minimal PATH and a minimal environment. the variable $LATCP points to the latcp binary that's used to invoke the script. don't forget it, fr fr 🫶

🦋 EXAMPLE 🦋

no thoughts, just vibes, and also this exact sample config:

# /etc/latd.conf
# This is a sample configuration file for latd
# it is run as s shell script from latcp -s with a minimal
# environment and PATH. latcp should be invoked using the
# environment variable $LATCP.
#
# You can fiddle with all the latd parameters you like in here,
# the first service announcement will not be made until this
# script completes.
#

# Set the multicast timeout to 30 seconds
$LATCP -m 30

# Add another login service
$LATCP -A -a ZAPHOD -r 100

# Add a queued reverse LAT service to a printer on a DECserver
$LATCP -A -p /dev/lat/printer -Hdecserver -Vdecserver -Q

# Only advertise our service in groups 1-10 and 200
$LATCP -G 1-10,200

exit

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• latcp(8)
• latd(8)

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and that's the whole page, angel 💜 this came from the LAT Server source, dated June 2 2000 — yes she's vintage, and yes she still ate. bye bestie, go configure something slay ✨