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RC.SERVER(8)                             BSD System Manager's Manual                            RC.SERVER(8)

NAME
     rc.server -- server-specific boot initializations

SYNOPSIS
     rc.server

DESCRIPTION
     rc.server is the server-specific command script invoked by launchd(8) to tune system parameters before
     system processeses are started.

     launchd guarantees that rc.server is run before services are bootstrapped so that resource limits are
     inherited by all system processes.  Therefore, actions in this script only have read access to the root
     filesystem and logging facilities are not available.  Output is directed to the system console and may
     be viewed using verbose boot.

     This script and specific resource settings may change at any time, such as by hardware reconfiguration
     or software updates.  System specific overrides should be done in sysctl.conf(5), launchd.conf(5), or
     service specific launchd.plist(5) configuration files.

     The following sysctl(8) settings are among those that may be tuned by this script:
           kern.ipc.somaxconn
           kern.maxproc
           kern.maxnbuf
           kern.maxvnodes
           kern.maxfiles
           kern.maxprocperuid
           net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack

     rc.server is only installed on Mac OS X Server.

FILES
     /etc/rc.server

DIAGNOSTICS
     Since rc.server is invoked before system logging is available, diagnostic output is only available to
     console during verbose boot.

SEE ALSO
     launchd.conf(5), launchd.plist(5), sysctl.conf(5), launchd(8), sysctl(8), rc(8)

BUGS
     The rc.server script is currently run after sysctl.conf is executed and the root file system is mounted
     read-write.

Mac OS X Server                                 June 28, 2009                                Mac OS X Server

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