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Command: mygate | Section: 5 | Source: OpenBSD | File: mygate.5
MYGATE(5) FreeBSD File Formats Manual MYGATE(5)
NAME
mygate - default gateway
DESCRIPTION
The mygate file is read by netstart(8) at system startup time.
/etc/mygate, if it exists, contains the address of the gateway host. The
gateway is added to the routing tables by the route(8) utility. If
/etc/mygate does not exist, no default gateway is added to the routing
tables. The file may contain gateway addresses for both IPv4 and IPv6
networks in dotted quad notation for v4 (e.g. 192.0.2.1) or in colon
notation for v6 (e.g. 2001:db8::1). Each address must be specified on a
separate line. If more than one address of a specific family is found,
only the first is used - all other addresses of that family are ignored.
/etc/mygate is processed after all interfaces have been configured. If
any hostname.if(5) files contain "inet autoconf" directives, IPv4 entries
in /etc/mygate will be ignored. If they contain "inet6 autoconf"
directives, IPv6 entries will be ignored.
Additionally, arbitrary shell commands can be executed during processing
of this file, using !command directives similar to hostname.if(5). This
is useful for doing additional configuration after all interfaces are
configured by netstart(8).
Empty lines and lines beginning with `#' are ignored.
FILES
/etc/mygate Default gateway address(es).
SEE ALSO
hostname.if(5), netstart(8), route(8)
HISTORY
Support for the file /etc/mygate first appeared in NetBSD 0.8.
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 March 29, 2025 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8