Not sure where there is documentation on this (though = I'm sure there is a howto somewhere). But for informational purposes = I'll give it a try.
For general Redhat systems (also mostly correct for =
Mandrake):
File =
=
=
General =
info =
=
more info
/etc/resolv.conf =
-> list your nameservers one per line man resolv.conf
/etc/hosts =
-> list of hostname to ip =
resolution man hosts
The rest of these files appear to be redhat specific = for the most part
/etc/sysconf/static-routes
/etc/sysconf/static-routes-ipv6
The above files store static routes that are to be =
loaded at startup, sorry it's been a while and I don't remember the =
file format but you can read the file =
"/etc/sysconf/network-scripts/ifup and figure it out for both if =
needed.
etc/sysconf/network
This file contains several entries necessary for =
configuration of networking one entry per line in a tag=3Dvalue format. =
blank lines appear to be ok, # is a comment and comments to the end of =
the line.
In my network configuration I have 3 entries = NETWORKING, HOSTNAME, and FORWARD_IPV4.
NETWORKING=3Dyes # appears to have two values =
yes and no. no turns off external netowrking
HOSTNAME=3DCX868974-C # is assigned my you to =
condifure the hostname,
&nb=
sp; # if not assigned =
and using dhcp for network info
&nb=
sp; # the hostname can =
be assigned bu dhcp
FORWARD_IPV4=3Dfalse # appears to have two =
values true and false. If the boxen has two or more
&nb=
sp; # interfaces true =
configures as a router and will forward packets
&nb=
sp; # inbetween =
interfaces. Should read the router howto for more information.
FORWARD_IPV6=3Dfalse # same as IPV4 but for ip =
version 6, make sure your kernel is configured for this.
/etc/sysconf/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo -> =
configures the 127.0.0.1 interface
/etc/sysconf/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 -> =
configures the first ethernet interface
/etc/sysconf/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:0 -> =
configures the first ethernet alias on the first ethernet =
interface
/etc/sysconf/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 -> =
configures the second ethernet interface
/etc/sysconf/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1:0 -> =
configures the second ethernet alias on the second ethernet =
interface
The content of the files are very simular, they use a = tag=3Dvalue format.
DEVICE=3Deth0 # the physcial device name MUST EXIST =
and must match the base name of the file!
BOOTPROTO=3Ddhcp # the boot protocol to be used if =
any, dhcp, bootp, none
ONBOOT=3Dyes # is this device to be activated upon =
booting the system
BROADCAST=3D127.255.255.255 # the broadcast address =
for the interface
NAME=3Dloopback # the name assigned to the =
interface
IPADDR=3D127.0.0.1 # the ip address to be assigned =
to this interface if not using a boot protocol
NETMASK=3D255.0.0.0 # the mask assigned to this =
interface, only assigned if not using a boot protocol
NETWORK=3D127.0.0.0 # the network the interface is =
in, only assigned if not using a boot protocol
/etc/sysconf/network-scripts/ifup
/etc/sysconf/network-scripts/ifdown
These files are used to bring up and down the = interfaces. ifup eth0 or ifdown eth0
Hope this helps
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simper, Brian D [mailto:brian.d.simper@intel.com=
]
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 1:10 PM
> To: =
'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us'
> Subject: Text Based Network =
Configuration
>
>
>
> I am looking for command line or text based =
network
> configuration tools. As
> you may be aware, Red Hat does not include =
linuxconf or
> netconf with RH 7.1
> or 7.2. Admittedly, using this venerable =
tool could cause
> problems but
> netconf was functional once you got past the =
quirks.
>
> The new graphical tools are OK, but I don't =
always have access to the
> console and sometimes I want to build a server =
without a GUI.
> So how do you
> make changes to the network with text only =
tools? Is there a complete
> reference showing exactly which configuration =
files you can
> manually edit
> and which services to manually start to get the =
network configured?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
> =
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