Description

   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.