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authorBill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>2010-07-26 13:08:03 -0400
committerBill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>2010-07-26 13:08:03 -0400
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Document PREFIX/NETMASK (#617481, <jklimes@redhat.com>)
-rw-r--r--sysconfig.txt6
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diff --git a/sysconfig.txt b/sysconfig.txt
index d877f29a..4ead89f8 100644
--- a/sysconfig.txt
+++ b/sysconfig.txt
@@ -527,7 +527,13 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
DEVICE=<name of physical device (except dynamically-allocated PPP
devices where it is the "logical name")>
IPADDR=
+ PREFIX=
+ Network prefix. It is used for all configurations except aliases
+ and ippp devices. It takes precedence over NETMASK when both
+ PREFIX and NETMASK are set.
NETMASK=
+ Subnet mask; just useful for aliases and ippp devices. For all other
+ configurations, use PREFIX instead.
GATEWAY=
METRIC=
Metric for the default route using GATEWAY