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authorCristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>2000-03-08 13:31:40 +0000
committerCristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>2000-03-08 13:31:40 +0000
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documentation update from jakub
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diff --git a/sysconfig.txt b/sysconfig.txt
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+++ b/sysconfig.txt
@@ -56,12 +56,25 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig
SETCOLOR_NORMAL=<a command>
A command to set the color to 'normal'. Defaults to nasty
ANSI sequences output by echo -e.
- MAGIC_SYSRQ=yes|no
- Set to 'no' to disable the magic sysrq key, and Stop-A (break
- on serial console.) on SPARC.
PROMPT=yes|no
Set to 'no' to disable the key check for interactive mode.
+ obsoleted values from earlier releases:
+
+ MAGIC_SYSRQ=yes|no
+ Setting this to 'no' used to disable the magic sysrq key and
+ Stop-A (break on serial console) on SPARC. This setting has been
+ moved into kernel.sysrq and kernel.stop-a settings respectively in
+ /etc/sysctl.conf. Setting either of them there to 0 disables it,
+ setting it to 1 enables it.
+ STOP_A=yes|no
+ Setting this to 'no' used to disable the Stop-A (break on
+ serial console) key on SPARC.
+ This setting has been moved into kernel.stop-a setting in
+ /etc/sysctl.conf. Setting it there to 0 disables it,
+ setting it to 1 enables it. The setting should be present
+ on SPARC only.
+
/etc/sysconfig/keyboard:
KEYTABLE=<keytable file>
@@ -97,15 +110,6 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig
Note: for compatibility with some old software people might
install (like trn), the /etc/HOSTNAME file should contain the
same value as here.
- FORWARD_IPV4=yes|no (The current Red Hat Linux installation
- sets this to no by default for RFC compliance, but if
- FORWARD_IPV4 is not set at all, forwarding is *enabled*
- for compatibility with the configuration files used on
- Red Hat Linux versions 4.2 and earlier.)
- DEFRAG_IPV4=yes|no
- Set this if you want to automatically defragment IPv4
- packets. This is a good idea for masquerading, and
- a bad idea otherwise. It defaults to 'no'.
GATEWAY=<gateway IP>
GATEWAYDEV=<gateway device> (e.g. eth0)
NISDOMAIN=<nis domain name>
@@ -117,6 +121,18 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig
All the IPX stuff is optional, and should default to off.
+ obsoleted values from earlier releases:
+
+ FORWARD_IPV4=yes|no
+ This setting has been moved into net.ipv4.ip_forward setting
+ in /etc/sysctl.conf. Setting it to 1 there enables IP forwarding,
+ setting it to 0 disables it (which is the default for RFC compliance).
+ DEFRAG_IPV4=yes|no
+ Setting this to yes used to automatically defragment IPv4
+ packets. This is a good idea for masquerading, and
+ a bad idea otherwise. This setting has been moved into
+ net.ipv4.ip_always_defrag setting in /etc/sysctl.conf.
+
/etc/sysconfig/static-routes:
Contains lines of the form: