1 $Id: sysconfig.txt,v 1.10 2002/12/17 14:01:07 baggins Exp $
3 Files in /etc/sysconfig
4 =======================
8 deprecated values from earlier releases:
10 CLOCKMODE=GMT indicates that the clock is set to UTC
11 CLOCKMODE=ARC on alpha only indicates the ARC console's
12 42-year time offset is in effect
14 currently correct values:
16 UTC=true indicates that the clock is set to UTC; anything
17 else indicates that it is set to local time
18 ARC=true on alpha only indicates the ARC console's
19 42-year time offset is in effect; otherwise the normal
23 /etc/sysconfig/keyboard:
25 KEYTABLE=<keytable file>
26 for example: KEYTABLE="/usr/lib/kbd/keytables/us.map"
30 MOUSETYPE=microsoft|mouseman|mousesystems|ps/2|msbm|logibm|atibm|
31 logitech|mmseries|mmhittab
32 XEMU3=yes|no (emulate three buttons with two buttons whenever
33 necessary, most notably in X)
35 In addition, /dev/mouse points to the mouse device.
37 /etc/sysconfig/network:
40 IPV4_NETWORKING=yes|no
41 IPV6_NETWORKING=yes|no
42 HOSTNAME=<whatever hostname you want, e.g. "pldmachine">
43 Note: for compatibility with some old software people might
44 install (like trn), the /etc/HOSTNAME file should contain the
46 NISDOMAIN=<nis domain name, e.g. "mydomain.org">
47 Note: set this only if you use NIS system. DNS domainname
48 should be set in /etc/resolv.conf
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)
57 IPXAUTOPRIMARY=on|off (note, that MUST be on|off, not yes|no)
58 IPXAUTOFRAME=on|off (again, not yes|no)
59 IPXINTERNALNETNUM=<netnum>
60 IPXINTERNALNODENUM=<nodenum>
62 All the IPX stuff is optional, and should default to off.
64 /etc/sysconfig/static-nat
66 Configuration file for static Network Address Translation (NAT).
67 Contains lines of the form:
69 <address> via <addressreal>
71 NAT will translate address <address> to <addressreal>.
73 /etc/sysconfig/static-routes:
75 Contains lines of the form:
77 <device> to [type] <network>/<prefix> via <gateway>
79 <device> may be a device name to have the route brought up and
80 down with the device, or "any" to have the correct devices calculated
81 at run time. [type] is optional. RH style isn't supported !
83 Also you can set few options after "<gateway>":
89 mtu <mtu> or mtu lock <mtu>
97 For more informations see iproute2 documentation .
99 /etc/sysconfig/routed:
102 EXPORT_GATEWAY=yes|no
104 /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia:
108 PCIC_OPTS=<socket driver (i82365 or tcic) timing parameters>
109 CORE_OPTS=<pcmcia_core options>
110 CARDMGR_OPTS=<cardmgr options>
114 ADIR=/.automount (normally never changed)
115 MOUNTPTS='/net /etc/amd.conf' (standard automount stuff)
116 AMDOPTS= (extra options for AMD)
121 Tape device. Use the non-rewinding one for these scripts.
123 For SCSI tapes this is /dev/nst#, where # is the number of the
124 tape drive you want to use. If you only have one then use
127 For IDE tapes you use /dev/ht#, where # is the number of the tape
128 drive you want to use (usually ht0).
130 For floppy tape drives use /dev/ftape.
133 Person to mail to if the backup fails for any reason
136 Time to sleep between tape operations. Some drives need a bit
137 more than others, but 5 seems to work for 8mm, 4mm, and DLT
140 This worked fine for 8mm, then 4mm, and now DLT. An optimal
141 setting is probably however much data your drive writes at one
144 SHORTDATE=$(date +%y:%m:%d:%H:%M)
145 A short date string, used in backup log filenames.
147 DAY=$(date +log-%y:%m:%d)
148 This is used for the log file directory.
151 Regular date string, used in log files.
153 LOGROOT=/var/log/backup
154 Root of the logging directory
156 LIST=$LOGROOT/incremental-list
157 This is the file name the incremental backup will use to store
158 the incremental list. It will be $LIST-{some number}.
160 DOTCOUNT=$LOGROOT/.count
161 For counting as you go to know which incremental list to use
163 COUNTER=$LOGROOT/counter-file
164 For rewinding when done...might not use.
166 BACKUPTAB=/etc/backuptab
167 The file in which we keep our list of backup(s) we want to make.
169 /etc/sysconfig/sendmail:
173 given to sendmail as -q$QUEUE
174 -q option is not given to sendmail if /etc/sysconfig/sendmail
175 exists and QUEUE is empty or undefined.
179 LANG= can be any two letter ISO language code
180 LC_ALL= is the setting of the localedata configuration (eg fr_CA)
181 LINGUAS= can be a : separated list of language codes
182 SYSTERM= use to set default TERM environment variable
184 The above three variables are used in rc.sysinit.
186 SYSFONT= any font that is legal when used as
187 /usr/sbin/setfont $SYSFONT ...
188 (See kbd package for sysfont command)
190 UNIMAP= any unicode font that is legal fodder for
191 /usr/sbin/setfont $SYSFONT-u $UNIMAP
193 The above is used by the /sbin/setsysfont command (which is run
194 by rc.sysinit at boot time).