2 Files in /etc/sysconfig
3 =======================
7 deprecated values from earlier releases:
9 CLOCKMODE=GMT indicates that the clock is set to UTC
10 CLOCKMODE=ARC on alpha only indicates the ARC console's
11 42-year time offset is in effect
13 currently correct values:
15 UTC=true indicates that the clock is set to UTC; anything
16 else indicates that it is set to local time
17 ARC=true on alpha only indicates the ARC console's
18 42-year time offset is in effect; otherwise the normal
22 /etc/sysconfig/keyboard:
24 KEYTABLE=<keytable file>
25 for example: KEYTABLE="/usr/lib/kbd/keytables/us.map"
29 MOUSETYPE=microsoft|mouseman|mousesystems|ps/2|msbm|logibm|atibm|
30 logitech|mmseries|mmhittab
31 XEMU3=yes|no (emulate three buttons with two buttons whenever
32 necessary, most notably in X)
34 In addition, /dev/mouse points to the mouse device.
36 /etc/sysconfig/network:
40 HOSTNAME=<fqdn by default, but whatever hostname you want>
41 Note: for compatibility with some old software people might
42 install (like trn), the /etc/HOSTNAME file should contain the
44 FORWARD_IPV4=yes|no (The current Red Hat Linux installation
45 sets this to no by default for RFC compliance, but if
46 FORWARD_IPV4 is not set at all, forwarding is *enabled*
47 for compatibility with the configuration files used on
48 Red Hat Linux versions 4.2 and earlier.)
49 IGNORE_ICMP_BCAST_IPV4=yes|no (Please note that if you accept ICMP echo
50 requests with a broadcast/multicast destination address your network
51 may be used as an exploder for denial of service packet flooding attacks
53 SPOOFING_IPV4=yes|no (anti spoofing protection)
55 GATEWAYDEV=<gateway device> (e.g. eth0)
56 NISDOMAIN=<nis domain name>
58 IPXAUTOPRIMARY=on|off (note, that MUST be on|off, not yes|no)
59 IPXAUTOFRAME=on|off (again, not yes|no)
60 IPXINTERNALNETNUM=<netnum>
61 IPXINTERNALNODENUM=<nodenum>
63 All the IPX stuff is optional, and should default to off.
65 /etc/sysconfig/static-routes:
67 Contains lines of the form:
69 <device> net <network> netmask <netmask> gw <gateway>
71 <device> may be a device name to have the route brought up and
72 down with the device, or "any" to have the correct devices calculated
75 /etc/sysconfig/routed:
80 /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia:
84 PCIC_OPTS=<socket driver (i82365 or tcic) timing parameters>
85 CORE_OPTS=<pcmcia_core options>
86 CARDMGR_OPTS=<cardmgr options>
90 ADIR=/.automount (normally never changed)
91 MOUNTPTS='/net /etc/amd.conf' (standard automount stuff)
92 AMDOPTS= (extra options for AMD)
97 Tape device. Use the non-rewinding one for these scripts.
99 For SCSI tapes this is /dev/nst#, where # is the number of the
100 tape drive you want to use. If you only have one then use
103 For IDE tapes you use /dev/ht#, where # is the number of the tape
104 drive you want to use (usually ht0).
106 For floppy tape drives use /dev/ftape.
109 Person to mail to if the backup fails for any reason
112 Time to sleep between tape operations. Some drives need a bit
113 more than others, but 5 seems to work for 8mm, 4mm, and DLT
116 This worked fine for 8mm, then 4mm, and now DLT. An optimal
117 setting is probably however much data your drive writes at one
120 SHORTDATE=$(date +%y:%m:%d:%H:%M)
121 A short date string, used in backup log filenames.
123 DAY=$(date +log-%y:%m:%d)
124 This is used for the log file directory.
127 Regular date string, used in log files.
129 LOGROOT=/var/log/backup
130 Root of the logging directory
132 LIST=$LOGROOT/incremental-list
133 This is the file name the incremental backup will use to store
134 the incremental list. It will be $LIST-{some number}.
136 DOTCOUNT=$LOGROOT/.count
137 For counting as you go to know which incremental list to use
139 COUNTER=$LOGROOT/counter-file
140 For rewinding when done...might not use.
142 BACKUPTAB=/etc/backuptab
143 The file in which we keep our list of backup(s) we want to make.
145 /etc/sysconfig/sendmail:
149 given to sendmail as -q$QUEUE
150 -q option is not given to sendmail if /etc/sysconfig/sendmail
151 exists and QUEUE is empty or undefined.
155 LANG= can be any two letter ISO language code
156 LC_ALL= is the setting of the localedata configuration (eg fr_CA)
157 LINGUAS= can be a : separated list of language codes
158 SYSTERM= use to set default TERM environment variable
160 The above three variables are used in rc.sysinit.
162 SYSFONT= any font that is legal when used as
163 /usr/sbin/setfont $SYSFONT ...
164 (See kbd package for sysfont command)
166 UNIMAP= any unicode font that is legal fodder for
167 /usr/sbin/setfont $SYSFONT-u $UNIMAP
169 The above is used by the /sbin/setsysfont command (which is run
170 by rc.sysinit at boot time).