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Using the Configuration File, Specifying configuration values
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11 Using the Configuration File Learning about the configuration file E-Business Server stores a number of user-defined parameters in the configuration file pgp.cfg. A configuration file enables you to define flags and parameters for E-Business Server, eliminating the need to define these parameters on the command line. (For more information on pgp.cfg and its location, see Setting the location of E-Business Server files on page 12.) Use these configuration parameters to perform the following tasks as well as many others: • Control where E-Business Server stores its temporary files. • Adjust E-Business Server's level of skepticism when it evaluates a key's validity based on the number of the key's certifying signatures. • Set the location and name of your keyrings. Specifying configuration values Configuration parameters may be assigned integer values, character string values, or on/off values; the type of values depends on the type of parameter. E-Business Server includes a sample configuration file for your review. The following rules apply to the configuration file: • E-Business Server ignores blank lines. • E-Business Server also ignores characters that follow the comment character, #. • Keywords are not case-sensitive. The following is a short sample fragment of a typical configuration file, where the file's owner used comments in conjunction with the actual settings: # TMP is the directory for E-Business Server scratch files. TMP = "e:\" # Can be overridden by environment variable TMP. Armor = on # Use --armor flag for ASCII armor when applicable. # CERT-DEPTH sets how many levels deep you can nest trusted introducers. cert-depth = 3 E-Business Server uses default values for the configuration parameters under the following conditions: • When configuration parameters are not defined. • If the configuration file does not exist. • If E-Business Server cannot find the configuration file. Setting configuration parameters from the command line Typically, you set configuration parameters in the E-Business Server configuration file, but you can also set configuration parameters directly from the E-Business Server command line. Unless you are working in legacy mode, you can set options on the command line by using the following syntax: ebs -- E-Business Server™ 8.6 Product Guide 86