DECNETCONF(8)

💖 decnetconf(8) — System Manager's Manual 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is decnetconf and she is literally the glow-up wizard for your DECnet setup ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

decnetconf — a Simple configuration script for DECnet. yes, "simple" is in the name, she said it herself 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

decnetconf

that's it. no flags, no arguments, no drama. just run her and let her cook 🍓

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so decnetconf is a simple configuration tool for DECnet, and honestly? she's giving interactive-girlboss energy. here's the vibe:

• she prompts you for your host (executor) name 👑
• then she asks for your node address 🎀
• then your ethernet interface 🌈
• then she goes one node name at a time, asking in turn, and writes each of these to a temporary file 📝

and when you're done? you tell her you're done by pressing enter on an empty line ⏎ and the newly created file gets copied to /etc/decnet.conf 🎉 like. iconic behavior fr fr.

💀 okay but real talk, queen: this script is only really useful for the initial set up of a DECnet system. once /etc/decnet.conf has been populated, it is easier to edit it by hand — because this script will overwrite any information in it. no cap. she does not ask first. she does not check. she just writes. main character energy, honestly 🙈

so: use her once, at the start, for the setup. after that, keep your hands on the config file yourself, iykyk 💜

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• decnet.conf(5) — go read her sister's page, she has the lore 📖

mwah 💋 that's the whole page! this one came from the DECnet utilities, dated January 15 2001 — old enough to be vintage, still slaying in the group chat 🫶💖