1 $Id: sysconfig.txt,v 1.3 1999/07/13 12:49:35 misiek 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:
41 HOSTNAME=<fqdn by default, but whatever hostname you want>
42 Note: for compatibility with some old software people might
43 install (like trn), the /etc/HOSTNAME file should contain the
45 FORWARD_IPV4=yes|no (The current Red Hat Linux installation
46 sets this to no by default for RFC compliance, but if
47 FORWARD_IPV4 is not set at all, forwarding is *enabled*
48 for compatibility with the configuration files used on
49 Red Hat Linux versions 4.2 and earlier.)
50 IGNORE_ICMP_BCAST_IPV4=yes|no (Please note that if you accept ICMP echo
51 requests with a broadcast/multicast destination address your network
52 may be used as an exploder for denial of service packet flooding attacks
54 SPOOFING_IPV4=yes|no (anti spoofing protection)
56 GATEWAYDEV=<gateway device> (e.g. eth0)
57 NISDOMAIN=<nis domain name>
59 IPXAUTOPRIMARY=on|off (note, that MUST be on|off, not yes|no)
60 IPXAUTOFRAME=on|off (again, not yes|no)
61 IPXINTERNALNETNUM=<netnum>
62 IPXINTERNALNODENUM=<nodenum>
64 All the IPX stuff is optional, and should default to off.
66 /etc/sysconfig/static-nat
68 Configuration file for static Network Address Translation (NAT).
69 Contains lines of the form:
71 <address> via <addressreal>
73 NAT will translate address <address> to <addressreal>.
75 /etc/sysconfig/static-routes:
77 Contains lines of the form:
79 <device> to [type] <network>/<prefix> via <gateway>
81 <device> may be a device name to have the route brought up and
82 down with the device, or "any" to have the correct devices calculated
83 at run time. [type] is optional. RH style isn't supported !
85 Also you can set few options after "<gateway>":
91 mtu <mtu> or mtu lock <mtu>
99 For more informations see iproute2 documentation .
101 /etc/sysconfig/routed:
104 EXPORT_GATEWAY=yes|no
106 /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia:
110 PCIC_OPTS=<socket driver (i82365 or tcic) timing parameters>
111 CORE_OPTS=<pcmcia_core options>
112 CARDMGR_OPTS=<cardmgr options>
116 ADIR=/.automount (normally never changed)
117 MOUNTPTS='/net /etc/amd.conf' (standard automount stuff)
118 AMDOPTS= (extra options for AMD)
123 Tape device. Use the non-rewinding one for these scripts.
125 For SCSI tapes this is /dev/nst#, where # is the number of the
126 tape drive you want to use. If you only have one then use
129 For IDE tapes you use /dev/ht#, where # is the number of the tape
130 drive you want to use (usually ht0).
132 For floppy tape drives use /dev/ftape.
135 Person to mail to if the backup fails for any reason
138 Time to sleep between tape operations. Some drives need a bit
139 more than others, but 5 seems to work for 8mm, 4mm, and DLT
142 This worked fine for 8mm, then 4mm, and now DLT. An optimal
143 setting is probably however much data your drive writes at one
146 SHORTDATE=$(date +%y:%m:%d:%H:%M)
147 A short date string, used in backup log filenames.
149 DAY=$(date +log-%y:%m:%d)
150 This is used for the log file directory.
153 Regular date string, used in log files.
155 LOGROOT=/var/log/backup
156 Root of the logging directory
158 LIST=$LOGROOT/incremental-list
159 This is the file name the incremental backup will use to store
160 the incremental list. It will be $LIST-{some number}.
162 DOTCOUNT=$LOGROOT/.count
163 For counting as you go to know which incremental list to use
165 COUNTER=$LOGROOT/counter-file
166 For rewinding when done...might not use.
168 BACKUPTAB=/etc/backuptab
169 The file in which we keep our list of backup(s) we want to make.
171 /etc/sysconfig/sendmail:
175 given to sendmail as -q$QUEUE
176 -q option is not given to sendmail if /etc/sysconfig/sendmail
177 exists and QUEUE is empty or undefined.
181 LANG= can be any two letter ISO language code
182 LC_ALL= is the setting of the localedata configuration (eg fr_CA)
183 LINGUAS= can be a : separated list of language codes
184 SYSTERM= use to set default TERM environment variable
186 The above three variables are used in rc.sysinit.
188 SYSFONT= any font that is legal when used as
189 /usr/sbin/setfont $SYSFONT ...
190 (See kbd package for sysfont command)
192 UNIMAP= any unicode font that is legal fodder for
193 /usr/sbin/setfont $SYSFONT-u $UNIMAP
195 The above is used by the /sbin/setsysfont command (which is run
196 by rc.sysinit at boot time).