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2 | <refnamediv> | |
3 | <refname>/etc/sysconfig/</refname> | |
4 | <refpurpose>Basic system settings</refpurpose> | |
5 | </refnamediv> | |
6 | <refsect1> | |
7 | <title><filename moreinfo="None">/etc/sysconfig/clock</filename></title> | |
8 | <refsect2> | |
9 | <title>Deprecated values from earlier releases:</title> | |
10 | <variablelist> | |
11 | <varlistentry> | |
12 | <term>CLOCKMODE=GMT</term> | |
13 | <listitem><para>indicates that the clock is set to UTC</para></listitem> | |
14 | </varlistentry> | |
15 | <varlistentry> | |
16 | <term>CLOCKMODE=ARC</term> | |
17 | <listitem><para>on alpha only indicates the ARC console's | |
18 | 42-year time offset is in effect</para> | |
19 | </listitem> | |
20 | </varlistentry> | |
21 | </variablelist> | |
22 | </refsect2> | |
23 | <refsect2> | |
24 | <title>Currently correct values:</title> | |
25 | <variablelist> | |
26 | <varlistentry> | |
27 | <term>UTC=true</term> | |
28 | <listitem><para>indicates that the clock is set to UTC; anything | |
29 | else indicates that it is set to local time</para> | |
30 | </listitem> | |
31 | </varlistentry> | |
32 | <varlistentry> | |
33 | <term>ARC=true</term> | |
34 | <listitem><para>on alpha only indicates the ARC console's | |
35 | 42-year time offset is in effect; otherwise the normal | |
36 | Unix epoch is assumed</para> | |
37 | </listitem> | |
38 | </varlistentry> | |
39 | </variablelist> | |
40 | </refsect2> | |
41 | </refsect1> | |
42 | <refsect1> | |
43 | <title><filename moreinfo="None">/etc/sysconfig/keyboard</filename></title> | |
44 | <variablelist> | |
45 | <varlistentry> | |
46 | <term>KEYTABLE=<keytable file></term> | |
47 | <listitem><para>for example: | |
48 | KEYTABLE="/usr/lib/kbd/keytables/us.map"</para> | |
49 | </listitem> | |
50 | </varlistentry> | |
51 | </variablelist> | |
52 | </refsect1> | |
53 | ||
54 | <refsect1> | |
55 | <title><filename moreinfo="None">/etc/sysconfig/mouse</filename></title> | |
56 | <variablelist> | |
57 | <varlistentry> | |
58 | <term>MOUSETYPE=microsoft|mouseman|mousesystems|ps/2|msbm|logibm|atibm| | |
59 | logitech|mmseries|mmhittab</term> | |
60 | <listitem><para> </para> | |
61 | </listitem> | |
62 | </varlistentry> | |
63 | <varlistentry> | |
64 | <term>XEMU3=yes|no</term> | |
65 | <listitem><para>(emulate three buttons with two buttons whenever | |
66 | necessary, most notably in X)</para> | |
67 | </listitem> | |
68 | </varlistentry> | |
69 | </variablelist> | |
70 | <para>In addition, /dev/mouse points to the mouse device.</para> | |
71 | </refsect1> | |
72 | <refsect1> | |
73 | <title><filename moreinfo="None">/etc/sysconfig/network</filename></title> | |
74 | <variablelist> | |
75 | <varlistentry><term>NETWORKING=yes|no</term> | |
76 | <listitem><para>IPV6NETWORKING=yes|no</para> | |
77 | </listitem> | |
78 | </varlistentry> | |
79 | <varlistentry><term>HOSTNAME=$<fqdn by default, but whatever hostname you want></term> | |
80 | <listitem><note><para> for compatibility with some old software people might | |
81 | install (like trn), the /etc/HOSTNAME file should contain the | |
82 | same value as here.</para></note> | |
83 | </listitem> | |
84 | </varlistentry> | |
85 | <varlistentry><term>FORWARD_IPV4=yes|no</term> | |
86 | <listitem><para>(The current Red Hat Linux installation | |
87 | sets this to no by default for RFC compliance, but if | |
88 | FORWARD_IPV4 is not set at all, forwarding is *enabled* | |
89 | for compatibility with the configuration files used on | |
90 | Red Hat Linux versions 4.2 and earlier.)</para> | |
91 | </listitem> | |
92 | </varlistentry> | |
93 | <varlistentry><term>IGNORE_ICMP_BCAST_IPV4=yes|no</term> | |
94 | <listitem><para>(Please note that if you accept ICMP echo | |
95 | requests with a broadcast/multicast destination address your network | |
96 | may be used as an exploder for denial of service packet flooding attacks | |
97 | to other hosts.</para> | |
98 | </listitem> | |
99 | </varlistentry> | |
100 | <varlistentry> | |
101 | <term>SPOOFING_IPV4=yes|no</term> | |
102 | <listitem> | |
103 | <para>(anti spoofing protection)</para></listitem> | |
104 | </varlistentry> | |
105 | ||
106 | <varlistentry> | |
107 | <term>GATEWAY=<gateway IP></term> | |
108 | <listitem> | |
109 | <para> | |
110 | </para> | |
111 | ||
112 | </listitem> | |
113 | </varlistentry> | |
114 | ||
115 | <varlistentry> | |
116 | <term>GATEWAYDEV=<gateway device></term> | |
117 | <listitem> | |
118 | <para> | |
119 | (e.g. eth0)</para> | |
120 | </listitem> | |
121 | </varlistentry> | |
122 | ||
123 | <varlistentry> | |
124 | <term>NISDOMAIN=<nis domain name></term> | |
125 | <listitem> | |
126 | <para></para> | |
127 | </listitem> | |
128 | </varlistentry> | |
129 | ||
130 | <varlistentry> | |
131 | <term>IPX=yes|no</term> | |
132 | <listitem> | |
133 | <para> | |
134 | </para> | |
135 | </listitem> | |
136 | </varlistentry> | |
137 | ||
138 | <varlistentry> | |
139 | <term>IPXAUTOPRIMARY=on|off</term> | |
140 | <listitem> | |
141 | <para> | |
142 | (note, that MUST be on|off, not yes|no)</para> | |
143 | </listitem> | |
144 | </varlistentry> | |
145 | ||
146 | <varlistentry> | |
147 | <term>IPXAUTOFRAME=on|off</term> | |
148 | <listitem> | |
149 | <para> | |
150 | (again, not yes|no)</para> | |
151 | </listitem> | |
152 | </varlistentry> | |
153 | ||
154 | <varlistentry> | |
155 | <term>IPXINTERNALNETNUM=<netnum></term> | |
156 | <listitem> | |
157 | <para> | |
158 | </para> | |
159 | </listitem> | |
160 | </varlistentry> | |
161 | ||
162 | <varlistentry> | |
163 | <term>IPXINTERNALNODENUM=<nodenum></term> | |
164 | <listitem> | |
165 | <para></para> | |
166 | </listitem> | |
167 | </varlistentry> | |
168 | </variablelist> | |
169 | <para>All the IPX stuff is optional, and should default to off.</para> | |
170 | </refsect1> | |
171 | ||
172 | <refsect1> | |
173 | <title><filename>/etc/sysconfig/static-nat</filename></title> | |
174 | <para> | |
175 | Configuration file for static Network Address Translation (NAT). | |
176 | Contains lines of the form:</para> | |
177 | <para> | |
178 | <literal><address> via <addressreal></literal></para> | |
179 | <para> | |
180 | NAT will translate address <address> to <addressreal>.</para> | |
181 | </refsect1> | |
182 | <refsect1> | |
183 | <title><filename>/etc/sysconfig/static-routes</filename></title> | |
184 | <para>Contains lines of the form:</para> | |
185 | <para><literal><device> to [type] <network>/<prefix> via <gateway></literal></para> | |
186 | <para><device> may be a device name to have the route brought up and | |
187 | down with the device, or "any" to have the correct devices calculated | |
188 | at run time. [type] is optional. RH style isn't supported !</para> | |
189 | <para>Also you can set few options after "<gateway>":</para> | |
190 | <simplelist columns=1> | |
191 | <member>tos <tos></member> | |
192 | <member>metric <number></member> | |
193 | <member>table <table></member> | |
194 | <member>src <address></member> | |
195 | <member>realm <realmid></member> | |
196 | <member>mtu <mtu> or mtu lock <mtu></member> | |
197 | <member>window <number></member> | |
198 | <member>rtt <number></member> | |
199 | <member>nexthop <nexthop></member> | |
200 | <member>scope <scope></member> | |
201 | <member>protocol <rtproto></member> | |
202 | <member>onlink</member> | |
203 | <member>equalize</member> | |
204 | </simplelist> | |
205 | ||
206 | <para>For more informations see iproute2 documentation .</para> | |
207 | </refsect1> | |
208 | ||
209 | <refsect1> | |
210 | <title><filename>/etc/sysconfig/routed</filename></title> | |
211 | <simplelist> | |
212 | <member>SILENT=yes|no</member> | |
213 | <member>EXPORT_GATEWAY=yes|no</member> | |
214 | </simplelist> | |
215 | </refsect1> | |
216 | ||
217 | <refsect1> | |
218 | <title><filename>/etc/sysconfig/pcmcia</filename></title> | |
219 | <simplelist> | |
220 | <member>PCMCIA=yes|no</member> | |
221 | <member>PCIC=i82365|tcic</member> | |
222 | <member>PCIC_OPTS=<socket driver (i82365 or tcic) timing parameters></member> | |
223 | <member>CORE_OPTS=<pcmcia_core options></member> | |
224 | <member>CARDMGR_OPTS=<cardmgr options></member> | |
225 | </simplelist> | |
226 | </refsect1> | |
227 | ||
228 | <refsect1> | |
229 | <title><filename>/etc/sysconfig/amd</filename></title> | |
230 | <variablelist> | |
231 | <varlistentry><term>ADIR=/.automount</term> | |
232 | <listitem><para>(normally never changed)</para></listitem> | |
233 | </varlistentry> | |
234 | <varlistentry><term>MOUNTPTS='/net /etc/amd.conf'</term> | |
235 | <listitem><para>(standard automount stuff)</para></listitem> | |
236 | </varlistentry> | |
237 | <varlistentry><term>AMDOPTS=</term> | |
238 | <listitem><para>(extra options for AMD)</para></listitem> | |
239 | </varlistentry> | |
240 | </variablelist> | |
241 | </refsect1> | |
242 | ||
243 | <refsect1> | |
244 | <title><filename moreinfo="None">/etc/sysconfig/tape</filename></title> | |
245 | <variablelist> | |
246 | <varlistentry><term>DEV=/dev/nst0</term> | |
247 | <listitem> | |
248 | <para> | |
249 | Tape device. Use the non-rewinding one for these scripts.</para> | |
250 | <para> | |
251 | For SCSI tapes this is /dev/nst#, where # is the number of the | |
252 | tape drive you want to use. If you only have one then use | |
253 | nst0.</para> | |
254 | <para> | |
255 | For IDE tapes you use /dev/ht#, where # is the number of the tape | |
256 | drive you want to use (usually ht0).</para> | |
257 | <para> | |
258 | For floppy tape drives use /dev/ftape.</para> | |
259 | </listitem> | |
260 | </varlistentry> | |
261 | ||
262 | <varlistentry><term>ADMIN=root</term> | |
263 | <listitem><para>Person to mail to if the backup fails for any reason</para> | |
264 | </listitem> | |
265 | </varlistentry> | |
266 | ||
267 | <varlistentry> | |
268 | <term>SLEEP=5</term> | |
269 | <listitem> | |
270 | <para> | |
271 | Time to sleep between tape operations. Some drives need a bit | |
272 | more than others, but 5 seems to work for 8mm, 4mm, and DLT</para> | |
273 | </listitem> | |
274 | </varlistentry> | |
275 | ||
276 | <varlistentry> | |
277 | <term>BLOCKSIZE=32768</term> | |
278 | <listitem> | |
279 | <para> | |
280 | This worked fine for 8mm, then 4mm, and now DLT. An optimal | |
281 | setting is probably however much data your drive writes at one | |
282 | time.</para> | |
283 | </listitem> | |
284 | </varlistentry> | |
285 | ||
286 | <varlistentry> | |
287 | <term>SHORTDATE=$(date +%y:%m:%d:%H:%M)</term> | |
288 | <listitem> | |
289 | <para> | |
290 | A short date string, used in backup log filenames.</para> | |
291 | </listitem> | |
292 | </varlistentry> | |
293 | ||
294 | ||
295 | <varlistentry> | |
296 | <term>DAY=$(date +log-%y:%m:%d)</term> | |
297 | <listitem> | |
298 | <para> | |
299 | This is used for the log file directory.</para> | |
300 | </listitem> | |
301 | </varlistentry> | |
302 | ||
303 | <varlistentry> | |
304 | <term>DATE=$(date)</term> | |
305 | <listitem> | |
306 | <para> | |
307 | Regular date string, used in log files.</para> | |
308 | </listitem> | |
309 | </varlistentry> | |
310 | ||
311 | <varlistentry> | |
312 | <term>LOGROOT=/var/log/backup</term> | |
313 | <listitem> | |
314 | <para> | |
315 | Root of the logging directory</para> | |
316 | </listitem> | |
317 | </varlistentry> | |
318 | ||
319 | <varlistentry> | |
320 | <term>LIST=$LOGROOT/incremental-list</term> | |
321 | <listitem> | |
322 | <para> | |
323 | This is the file name the incremental backup will use to store | |
324 | the incremental list. It will be $LIST-{some number}. | |
325 | </para> | |
326 | </listitem> | |
327 | </varlistentry> | |
328 | ||
329 | <varlistentry> | |
330 | <term>DOTCOUNT=$LOGROOT/.count</term> | |
331 | <listitem> | |
332 | <para> | |
333 | For counting as you go to know which incremental list to use | |
334 | </para> | |
335 | </listitem> | |
336 | </varlistentry> | |
337 | ||
338 | ||
339 | <varlistentry> | |
340 | <term>COUNTER=$LOGROOT/counter-file</term> | |
341 | <listitem> | |
342 | <para> | |
343 | For rewinding when done...might not use. | |
344 | </para> | |
345 | </listitem> | |
346 | </varlistentry> | |
347 | ||
348 | <varlistentry> | |
349 | <term>BACKUPTAB=/etc/backuptab</term> | |
350 | <listitem> | |
351 | <para> | |
352 | The file in which we keep our list of backup(s) we want to make. | |
353 | </para> | |
354 | </listitem> | |
355 | </varlistentry> | |
356 | </variablelist> | |
357 | </refsect1> | |
358 | ||
359 | <refsect1> | |
360 | <title><filename>/etc/sysconfig/sendmail</filename></title> | |
361 | <variablelist> | |
362 | <varlistentry> | |
363 | <term>DAEMON=yes|no</term> | |
364 | <listitem> | |
365 | <para>yes implies -bd</para> | |
366 | </listitem> | |
367 | </varlistentry> | |
368 | <varlistentry> | |
369 | <term>QUEUE=1h</term> | |
370 | <listitem> | |
371 | <para>given to sendmail as -q$QUEUE | |
372 | -q option is not given to sendmail if /etc/sysconfig/sendmail | |
373 | exists and QUEUE is empty or undefined.</para></listitem> | |
374 | </varlistentry> | |
375 | </variablelist> | |
376 | </refsect1> | |
377 | ||
378 | <refsect1> | |
379 | <title><filename>/etc/sysconfig/i18n</filename></title> | |
380 | <simplelist> | |
381 | <member>LANG= can be any two letter ISO language code</member> | |
382 | <member> | |
383 | LC_ALL= is the setting of the localedata configuration (eg fr_CA)</member> | |
384 | <member> | |
385 | LINGUAS= can be a : separated list of language codes</member> | |
386 | <member> | |
387 | SYSTERM= use to set default TERM environment variable</member> | |
388 | </simplelist> | |
389 | <para> | |
390 | The above three variables are used in rc.sysinit.</para> | |
391 | <variablelist> | |
392 | <varlistentry> | |
393 | <term>SYSFONT= any font that is legal when used as</term> | |
394 | <listitem> | |
395 | <para> /usr/sbin/setfont $SYSFONT ... | |
396 | (See kbd package for sysfont command) | |
397 | </para> </listitem> | |
398 | </varlistentry> | |
399 | <varlistentry> | |
400 | <term>UNIMAP= any unicode font that is legal fodder for</term> | |
401 | <listitem> | |
402 | <para>/usr/sbin/setfont $SYSFONT-u $UNIMAP</para> | |
403 | </listitem> | |
404 | </varlistentry> | |
405 | </variablelist> | |
406 | <para> | |
407 | The above is used by the /sbin/setsysfont command (which is run | |
408 | by rc.sysinit at boot time). | |
409 | </para> | |
410 | </refsect1> | |
411 | </refentry> | |
412 | ||
413 | ||
414 | ||
415 | ||
416 |