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Diffstat (limited to 'sysconfig.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | sysconfig.txt | 40 |
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/sysconfig.txt b/sysconfig.txt index a4a61d40..cb603f22 100644 --- a/sysconfig.txt +++ 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: |