Changing your local configuration

See section Where GNATS lives.

Your local configuration is determined by the data files in the directory `GNATS_ROOT/gnats-adm'. These can be altered at any time by editing the pertinent file.

config

Variables which control certain behavior. See section The config file. Behaviors you can change here include

• The address where your site receives Problem Reports.
• The address of the GNATS administrator.
• The nametag for your Support Site (your organization, company, group, etc.).
• The nametag for your local Submitter Site.
• The default release for your site.
• The default value for the `>Organization:' field (this value appears as the default when you run send-pr).
• Whether or not to remind maintainers if a requisite time period has passed before they change the state of a Problem Report to `analyzed'. (Also see section The submitters file, and section Timely reminders.
• Whether or not to send an automatic acknowledgement to the originator of a problem report when the GNATS first receives the PR.
• The value GNATS assigns to PRs which come in with missing or unknown values for the `>Submitter-Id:' field.
• Whether or not GNATS should retain `Received-By:' mail headers from incoming mail.
• Whether or not GNATS is in a mode for debugging.
• The values which define business hours.

categories

The list of categories that GNATS accepts as valid for the `>Category:' field, and the maintainers responsible for each category. Update this file whenever you have a new category, or whenever a category is no longer valid. You must also update this file whenever responsiblility for a category changes, or if a maintainer is no longer valid. See section The categories file. Also see section Adding a problem category, and section Removing a problem category.

responsible

The list of maintainers. Update this file whenever you have a new maintainer, or whenever a maintainer is no longer valid. See section The responsible file.

submitters

The list of Submitter Sites from whom GNATS accepts Problem Reports. This file is mandatory, although the feature it provides is not; see section The submitters file.

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