IFCHK.CONF(5)

NAME
ifchk.conf — ifchk configuration file

SYNOPSIS
ifchk.conf

DESCRIPTION
ifchk.conf is the configuration file for ifchk. Configuration file directives take the form of whitespace separated keyword/value pairs. Lines beginning with a hash character ( # ) are considered comments and are ignored.

DIRECTIVES
The following configuration file directives are understood by ifchk:

disableOnPromisc ( 0 | 1 )
    Specifies whether to disable promiscuous interfaces or not. If set to 0, promiscuous interfaces will not be disabled. If set to 1, promiscuous interfaces will be disabled (requires superuser privileges).

errLog <log_file>
    Specifies the file to which ifchk logs its error messages (from standard error) when running as a daemon process. <log_file> must be a full pathname.

ifMetricDumpFreq <range>
    Specifies the number of seconds between interface metrics report generation. <range> may be a number between 1 and 86400 (24 hours), inclusive.

ifStatusDumpFreq <range>
    Specifies the number of seconds between interface status scans. <range> may be a number between 1 and 86400 (24 hours), inclusive.

CONFIGURATION FILE EXAMPLE
#
# ifchk system-wide configuration file.
#
errLog                  /tmp/ifchk.errlog
disableOnPromisc        0
ifStatusDumpFreq        3600
ifMetricDumpFreq        7200

NOTES
An ifchk configuration file must contain entries for all of the above directives. There are no preset defaults. Configuration directive keyword/value pairs should not contain comments.

FILES
ifchk.conf

SEE ALSO
ifchk(1)

HISTORY
The ifchk.conf file format first appeared in ifchk version 1.0.0.

AUTHOR
Joshua Birnbaum <engineer@noorg.org>

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002-2016 Joshua Birnbaum
All Rights Reserved.