CONFIGURE is an interactive command line utility for creating
    basic PMDF configuration files. Note that there is also a
    newer, web-based configuration utility for generating PMDF-
    MTA (including mailbox servers), PMDF-LAN, and PMDF-XGS
    configurations; see the PMDF Installation Guide for additional
    details.

    Most fundamentally, it is used to generate a basic PMDF
    configuration file, alias file, mappings file, and
    security configuration file, usually PMDF_TABLE:PMDF.CNF,
    PMDF_TABLE:ALIASES., PMDF_TABLE:MAPPINGS., and PMDF_
    TABLE:SECURITY.CNF, respectively. The utility prompts for
    answers to questions regarding a site's node names and network
    connectivity, and then creates the basic files in accord with the
    answers to those questions.

    The utility is also used to configure optional PMDF layered
    products, and to configure various PMDF components.

    This utility is usually run when PMDF is first installed. It
    may also be convenient to run this utility, rather than manually
    editing the PMDF configuration file, after changes in a site's
    network configuration, such as the addition or removal of nodes,
    or a change in the status of a site's access to a larger network.
    Although by default this utility writes "live" files, overwriting
    any existing configuration and alias file, different file names
    may be specified, which can be useful for comparison or testing
    purposes. Note that since this utility does not take into account
    any pre-existing configuration file and alias file, any manual
    changes made to such files must be re-entered into the new files.

    For a complete description and examples of using this utility to
    create configuration files for PMDF products or components, see
    the PMDF Installation Guide, OpenVMS Edition.