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<h1> The <tt>/etc/s6.conf</tt> configuration file </h1>
<h2 id="goal"> Goal and usage </h2>
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<tt>/etc/s6.conf</tt> is a configuration file provided by the
distribution, or written by the system administrator, defining various
settings for the <a href="s6.html">s6</a> commands, as well as the default
policies of an s6-based system (i.e. where various directories and files
are located).
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For instance, this is what allows the
<a href="s6_process_restart#restart">s6 process restart foobar</a> command to send
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-svc.html">s6-svc -r</a> to the
<em>foobar</em> service without the user needing to type, or even remember,
what the full path to the <em>foobar</em> service directory is.
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<h2 id="description"> Description </h2>
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The <tt>/etc/s6.conf</tt> file follows the
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/execline/envfile.html#syntax">envfile syntax</a>:
simple <code>key = value</code> lines, comments permitted.
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If a value is left empty, the compiled-in default is used.
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The variables that can be set are the following:
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<dt> scandir </dt>
<dd> The directory where <a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6/s6-svscan.html">s6-svscan</a>
is running.
The default is <tt>/run/service</tt> (possibly overridden by the <tt>--scandir</tt> build-time configure option to
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-linux-init/">s6-linux-init</a> or to
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-frontend/">s6-frontend</a>). </dd>
<dt> livedir </dt>
<dd> The directory hosting the live service database managed by
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/s6-rc.html">s6-rc</a>.
The default is <tt>/run/s6-rc</tt> (possibly overridden by the <tt>--livedir</tt> build-time configure option to
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/">s6-rc</a> or to
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-frontend/">s6-frontend</a>). </dd>
<dt> repodir </dt>
<dd> The directory hosting the repository of service sets managed by the
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/repodefs.html">s6-rc <em>repo</em> commands</a>.
The default is <tt>/var/lib/s6-rc/repository</tt> (possibly overridden by the <tt>--repodir</tt> build-time configure option to
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/">s6-rc</a> or to
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-frontend/">s6-frontend</a>). </dd>
<dt> bootdb </dt>
<dd> The path to the boot-time compiled service database.
The default is <tt>/etc/s6-rc/compiled/current</tt> (possibly overridden by the <tt>--bootdb</tt> build-time configure option to
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/">s6-rc</a> or to
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-frontend/">s6-frontend</a>). </dd>
<dt> stmpdir </dt>
<dd> A directory suitable for root-only runtime data and temporary files for s6-frontend.
The default is <tt>/run/s6-frontend</tt> (possibly overridden by the <tt>--stmpdir</tt> build-time configure option to
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-frontend/">s6-frontend</a>). </dd>
<dt> storelist </dt>
<dd> A colon-separated (<tt>:</tt>) list of directories containing the
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/repodefs.html#store">stores</a> of s6-rc service
definition directories.
The default is <tt>/usr/share/s6/sources:/etc/s6/sources</tt>
(possibly overridden by the <tt>--storelist</tt> build-time configure option to
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/s6-frontend/">s6-frontend</a>). </dd>
<dt> verbosity </dt>
<dd> The default verbosity for <a href="s6.html">s6</a> and its invoked commands. 0 is
terse (only print fatal error messages), 1 is normal (print error messages and warnings),
over 1 is increasingly verbose (print informational messages, up to tracing and debug
messages at level 4-5). The default is <strong>1</strong>. </dd>
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