From 5fbadc3563e77c0ff4e813c80380745a5074b9ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thierry Vignaud Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 09:40:58 +0000 Subject: add drakconnect man page --- perl-install/standalone/man/C/man8/drakconnect.8 | 108 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 108 insertions(+) create mode 100644 perl-install/standalone/man/C/man8/drakconnect.8 (limited to 'perl-install/standalone/man/C/man8') diff --git a/perl-install/standalone/man/C/man8/drakconnect.8 b/perl-install/standalone/man/C/man8/drakconnect.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..aafbbfe4e --- /dev/null +++ b/perl-install/standalone/man/C/man8/drakconnect.8 @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +.TH DRAKCONNECT 8 "17 November 2003" "drakxtools" "Linux Administrator's Manual" +.SH NAME +drakconnect \- configure network interfaces +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B "drakconnect" +.br +.B "drakconnect --skip-wizard" +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B Drakconnect +is used to configure the network interfaces. + +Drakconnect handle ISDN, modems, xDSL, LAN as well as wirelles +connexions. + +There's two main modes: the wizard mode and the "embedded in mcc" view +(the manage interface=. In the wizard mode, drakconnect detect all +network interfaces and offer to configure them. + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B "\-\-del" +Delete a network interface and all related files +.B "\-\-expert" +Expert mode; give access to more options (advanced options are show by +default and some extra steps occured in the wizard) +.TP +.B "\-\-help" +Display short description of drakconnect options +.TP +.B "\-\-skip-wizard" +Enable or disable the use of the ARP protocol on this interface. +.TP +.B "\-\-testing" +Do not do anything (for debugging purpose) +.SH FILES +.SS Name resolution +.I /etc/sysconfig/network +global network options (hostname, is networking enabled, default gateway) +.br +.I /etc/hosts +hosts to IPs mapping +.br +.I /etc/resolv.conf +domain, primary & secondary DNS +.br +.SS Kernel interfaces list +.I /proc/net/dev +network interfaces and their stats +.br +.I /proc/net/if_inet6 +the same for ipv6 +.br +.I /sys/class/net/*/ +per network interface sysfs interface +.br +.SS Interfaces configuration +.I /etc/modules.conf and /etc/modprobe.conf +logical network interfaces (eg: ethX) to kernel driver mapping +.br +.I /etc/iftab +enable to remap interfaces names depending on ARP or MAC addresses, +kernel driver, ... (see +.BR iftab (5) +for further information) +.br +.I /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* +per interface configuration (ip/network, ip discovery +protocol, link notification support, ...) (see +.BR ifcfg (8) +for further information) +.br +.I /etc/profile.d/proxy.csh /etc/profile.d/proxy.sh +proxy configuration +.SS Profiles +.I /etc/netprofile/ +the directory where profiles are saved +.br +.I /etc/netprofile/current +this file hold the current profile name +.br +.I /etc/netprofile/list +this file list the files to save in profiles +.br +.SS Peer +.I /etc/ppp/options +generic pppd options +.br +.I /etc/ppp/peers/ppp0 +pppd options for provider (ISP) +.br +.I /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and /etc/ppp/chap-secrets +peer authentication data (login and passwords) +.br +.I /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf +ppoe configuration file. see pppoe.conf(8) +.SH BUGS +.SH SEE ALSO +arp(8), ethtool(8), ifcfg(5), ifconfig(8), ipchains(8), pppd(8), netstat(8), rarp(8), route(8), +.SH AUTHORS +Damien "Dam's" Krotkine, +.br +Damien Chaumette, +.br +Francois Pons, +.br +Thierry Vignaud +.br +Olivier blin -- cgit v1.2.1