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author | Olav Vitters <olav@vitters.nl> | 2020-07-26 21:46:44 +0200 |
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committer | Olav Vitters <olav@vitters.nl> | 2020-07-26 21:46:44 +0200 |
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Merge tag '10.04' into distro/mga
10.04 release
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/examples/ifcfg-bridge | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/examples/ifcfg-bridge-port | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/examples/ifcfg-eth-alias | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/examples/ifcfg-eth-dhcp | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/examples/ifcfg-vlan | 13 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/examples/static-routes-ipv6 | 21 | ||||
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diff --git a/doc/examples/ifcfg-bond-802.3ad b/doc/examples/ifcfg-bond-802.3ad new file mode 100644 index 00000000..973f181d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/examples/ifcfg-bond-802.3ad @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +# ifcfg sample for bond in mode 4/802.3ad +# with static networking configuration +# lacp_rate=1 for fast LACPDU rx rate (optional) +# +# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt +# for the documentation of these parameters. + +DEVICE=bond0 +ONBOOT=yes +USERCTL=no +TYPE=Ethernet +BOOTPROTO=none +BONDING_OPTS="mode=4 lacp_rate=1" +IPADDR=192.168.1.4 +NETMASK=255.255.255.0 +GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 diff --git a/doc/examples/ifcfg-bond-activebackup-arpmon b/doc/examples/ifcfg-bond-activebackup-arpmon new file mode 100644 index 00000000..01acebac --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/examples/ifcfg-bond-activebackup-arpmon @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +# ifcfg sample for bond in active-backup mode using +# ARP monitoring. The ARP probes frequency (arp_interval) +# is 500ms and the target IP address (arp_ip_target) +# is 192.168.1.1 +# +# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt +# for the documentation of these parameters. + +DEVICE=bond0 +ONBOOT=yes +USERCTL=no +TYPE=Ethernet +BOOTPROTO=none +BONDING_OPTS="mode=1 arp_interval=500 arp_ip_target=192.168.1.1" +IPADDR=192.168.1.4 +NETMASK=255.255.255.0 +GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 diff --git a/doc/examples/ifcfg-bond-activebackup-miimon b/doc/examples/ifcfg-bond-activebackup-miimon new file mode 100644 index 00000000..befa2de3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/examples/ifcfg-bond-activebackup-miimon @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +# ifcfg sample for bond in active-backup mode using +# MII link monitoring. The MII status polling frequency +# (miimon) is 500ms. +# +# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt +# for the documentation of these parameters. + +DEVICE=bond0 +ONBOOT=yes +USERCTL=no +TYPE=Ethernet +BOOTPROTO=none +BONDING_OPTS="mode=1 miimon=500" +IPADDR=192.168.1.4 +NETMASK=255.255.255.0 +GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 diff --git a/doc/examples/ifcfg-bond-slave b/doc/examples/ifcfg-bond-slave new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7ae54793 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/examples/ifcfg-bond-slave @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# ifcfg sample for bond slave device +# +# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt +# for the documentation of these parameters. + +DEVICE=eth0 +TYPE=Ethernet +USERCTL=no +SLAVE=yes +MASTER=bond0 +BOOTPROTO=none +HWADDR=AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF diff --git a/doc/examples/ifcfg-bridge b/doc/examples/ifcfg-bridge new file mode 100644 index 00000000..346f6338 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/examples/ifcfg-bridge @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# ifcfg sample for linux bridge device with IP address. +# +# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt +# for the documentation of these parameters. + +DEVICE=br0 +TYPE=Bridge +IPADDR=192.168.1.1 +NETMASK=255.255.255.0 +ONBOOT=yes +BOOTPROTO=none +DELAY=0 diff --git a/doc/examples/ifcfg-bridge-port b/doc/examples/ifcfg-bridge-port new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0de4778c --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/examples/ifcfg-bridge-port @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# ifcfg sample for a device that is a linux bridge port +# +# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt +# for the documentation of these parameters. + +DEVICE=eth1 +HWADDR=00:11:22:33:44:55 +ONBOOT=yes +BRIDGE=br0 diff --git a/doc/examples/ifcfg-eth-alias b/doc/examples/ifcfg-eth-alias new file mode 100644 index 00000000..60dc1d71 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/examples/ifcfg-eth-alias @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# ifcfg sample for alias interface on top of eth0 +# +# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt +# for the documentation of these parameters. + +DEVICE=eth0:0 +BOOTPROTO=none +IPADDR=192.168.1.1 +NETMASK=255.255.255.0 +ONBOOT=yes +USERCTL=no + diff --git a/doc/examples/ifcfg-eth-dhcp b/doc/examples/ifcfg-eth-dhcp new file mode 100644 index 00000000..58d46bf8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/examples/ifcfg-eth-dhcp @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +# ifcfg sample for common ethernet interfaces using DHCP +# +# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt +# for the documentation of these parameters. + +DEVICE=eth0 +BOOTPROTO=dhcp +HWADDR=00:11:22:33:44:55 +ONBOOT=yes + +# WARNING: When both DHCP_HOSTNAME and DHCP_FQDN are specified, +# only DHCP_FQDN will be used. +DHCP_HOSTNAME=host1 +DHCP_FQDN=host1.foo.bar.com diff --git a/doc/examples/ifcfg-vlan b/doc/examples/ifcfg-vlan new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d090aab0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/examples/ifcfg-vlan @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +# ifcfg sample for a VLAN device (vlanid=122) on top of +# eth0 device using static IP configuration +# +# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt +# for the documentation of these parameters. + +TYPE=Ethernet +DEVICE=eth0.122 +VLAN=yes +BOOTPROTO=none +NETMASK=255.255.255.0 +IPADDR=192.168.1.1 + diff --git a/doc/examples/static-routes-ipv6 b/doc/examples/static-routes-ipv6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a4c3b8d9 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/examples/static-routes-ipv6 @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +# Version: 2002-01-09 + +# file: /etc/sysconfig/static-routes-ipv6 +# +# description: this file contains all static IPv6 routes +# description: Here you can specify several routes to specified gateways +# description: and also route through a virtual tunnel interface +# +# (P) 2000-2002 by Peter Bieringer <pb@bieringer.de> + +#Device IPv6 network to route IPv6 gateway address + +## Example: static routes through a gateway on local link +#eth0 fec0:0:0:2::/64 fec0:0:0:1:0:0:0:20 +#eth0 3ffe:ffff:1234::/48 3ffe:ffff:1234:0002:0:0:0:1 + +## Example: default route through a gateway on local link +#eth0 2000::/3 3ffe:ffff:1234:0002:0:0:0:1 + +## Example: static route through a dedicated tunnel +#sit1 3ffe:ffff:1234::/48 diff --git a/doc/sysconfig.txt b/doc/sysconfig.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..908f6893 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/sysconfig.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1120 @@ + +======================= + +Generic options: + +/etc/sysconfig/authconfig + + used by authconfig to store information about the system's user + information and authentication setup; changes made to this file + have no effect until the next time authconfig is run + + USEHESIOD=no + Whether or not the hesiod naming service is in use. If not set, + authconfig examines the passwd setting in /etc/nsswitch.conf. + USELDAP=no + Whether or not LDAP is used as a naming service. If not set, + authconfig examines the passwd setting in /etc/nsswitch.conf. + USENIS=no + Whether or not NIS is in use. If not set, authconfig examines + the passwd setting in /etc/nsswitch.conf. + + USEKERBEROS=no + Whether or not Kerberos is in use. If not set, authconfig examines + the settings in /etc/pam.d/system-auth. + USELDAPAUTH=no + Whether or not LDAP is being used for authentication. If not set, + authconfig examines the settings in /etc/pam.d/system-auth. Note + that this option is separate from USELDAP, and that neither implies + the other. + USEMD5=no + Whether or not MD5-based hashing should be used when setting passwords. + If not set, authconfig examines the settings in /etc/pam.d/system-auth. + This option affects authentication using both local files and LDAP. + USESHADOW=no + Whether or not shadow passwords are in use. If not set, authconfig + checks for the existence of /etc/shadow. + USESMBAUTH=no + Whether or not SMB authentication is in use. If not set, authconfig + examines the settings in /etc/pam.d/system-auth. + +/etc/sysconfig/autofsck + + does not normally exist; if it does, it can influence a choice + whether or not to fsck after a crash + + AUTOFSCK_DEF_CHECK=no + If the user does not respond, choose whether or not to fsck + AUTOFSCK_SINGLEUSER= + If this is set, drop to single user mode before fsck. + +/etc/sysconfig/init: + + BOOTUP=<some bootup mode> + BOOTUP=graphical means use X Windows graphical boot up + BOOTUP=color means colorized text mode boot display. + BOOTUP=verbose means old style display + Anything else means simplified display, but without color or ANSI-formatting + LOGLEVEL=<a number> + Sets the initial console logging level for the kernel. + The default is 7. 8 means everything (including debugging); + 1 means nothing except kernel panics. syslogd will override + this once it starts. + RES_COL=<a number> + Column of the screen to start status labels at. Defaults to 60 + MOVE_TO_COL=<a command> + A command to move the cursor to $RES_COL. Defaults to nasty + ANSI sequences output by echo -e. + SETCOLOR_SUCCESS=<a command> + A command to set the color to a color indicating success. + Defaults to nasty ANSI sequences output by echo -e setting + the color to green. + SETCOLOR_FAILURE=<a command> + A command to set the color to a color indicating failure. + Defaults to nasty ANSI sequences output by echo -e setting + the color to red. + SETCOLOR_WARNING=<a command> + A command to set the color to a color indicating warning. + Defaults to nasty ANSI sequences output by echo -e setting + the color to yellow. + SETCOLOR_NORMAL=<a command> + A command to set the color to 'normal'. Defaults to nasty + ANSI sequences output by echo -e. + PROMPT=yes|no + Set to 'yes' to enable the key check for interactive mode as well as + asking if a filesystem check should be done. Default is 'no' and + the kernel command line option "forcefsck" can be used to check the + filesystems and "confirm" can be used to enable interactive startup + questions. + + Mageia specific values: + + BRLTTY=yes|no + Set to 'no' to disable automatic startup of brltty if it is present + + 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 + sysctl.d/00-system.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 + sysctl.d/00-system.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> + for example: KEYTABLE="/usr/lib/kbd/keytables/us.map" + + If you dump a keymap (using 'dumpkeys') to + /etc/sysconfig/console/default.kmap + it will be loaded on bootup before filesystems are mounted/checked. + This could be useful if you need to emergency type the root password. + This has to be a dumped keymap, as opposed to copying the shipped + keymap files, as the shipped files include other maps from the + /usr/lib/kbd/keytables directory. + + KEYBOARDTYPE=sun|pc + on SPARC only, sun means a sun keyboard is attached on /dev/kbd, + pc means a PS/2 keyboard is on ps/2 port. + +/etc/sysconfig/system: + + SECURE_TMP=yes|no + Set to 'yes' to have TMPDIR and TMP set to a secure temporary directory + +/etc/sysconfig/mouse: + + MOUSETYPE=microsoft|mouseman|mousesystems|ps/2|msbm|logibm|atibm| + logitech|mmseries|mmhittab + XEMU3=yes|no (emulate three buttons with two buttons whenever + necessary, most notably in X) + DEVICE=<a device node> (the device of the mouse) + + In addition, /dev/mouse points to the mouse device. + +/etc/sysconfig/network: + + NETWORKING=yes|no + GATEWAY=<gateway IP> + GATEWAYDEV=<gateway device to use, when multiple devices have GATEWAY=> (e.g. eth0) + NISDOMAIN=<nis domain name> + IFPLUGD_ARGS="<args to pass to ifplugd>" default to "-w -b" + NOZEROCONF= + Set this to not set a route for dynamic link-local addresses. + + NETWORKDELAY=<delay in seconds> + Delay in seconds after all network interfaces are initialized. Useful if + network has spanning tree running and must wait for STP convergence. + Default: 20 + + DEFAULT_LINK_DETECTION_DELAY=<time in seconds> + The default value used for link detection delay if the interface + configuration file does not specify it. After this time an interface with + missing link beat is considered to be unplugged. + Default: 2 + + MIN_LINK_DETECTION_DELAY=<delay in seconds> + Force minimum link detection delay on all interfaces. + Default: 0 + + WAIT_UNTIL_REACHABLE=<IP address|DNS name> + Network initscript will wait until specified target is reachable. + It starts to reaching passed IP address or DNS name every second until it reach it sucessfully or until it reach preset delay NETWORKDELAY (default 30). + It works with both IPv4 and IPv6 adress and also with DNS name. + Example: WAIT_UNTIL_REACHABLE=8.8.8.8 + Default: (not set) + + IFDOWN_ON_SHUTDOWN=yes|no + If yes, do bring interfaces down during system shutdown. If no, leave them + in their current state (this is only supported on hosts using systemd). + Default: yes (bring interfaces down) + + + IPV6FORWARDING=yes|no + Enable or disable global forwarding of incoming IPv6 packets + on all interfaces. + Note: Actual packet forwarding cannot be controlled per-device, use netfilter6 for such issues + Default: no + + IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes|no + Sets the default for device-based autoconfiguration. + Default: yes if IPV6FORWARDING=no, no if IPV6FORWARDING=yes + IPV6_ROUTER=yes|no + Sets the default for device-based Host/Router behaviour. + Default: yes if IPV6FORWARDING=yes, no if IPV6FORWARDING=no + IPV6_AUTOTUNNEL=yes|no + Controls automatic IPv6 tunneling. + Default: no + + IPV6_DEFAULTGW=<IPv6 address[%interface]> (optional) + Add a default route through specified gateway + An interface can be specified: required for link-local addresses + Examples: + IPV6_DEFAULTGW="3ffe:ffff:1234:5678::1" + Add default route through 3ffe:ffff:1234:5678::1 + IPV6_DEFAULTGW="3ffe:ffff:1234:5678::1%eth0" + Add default route through 3ffe:ffff:1234:5678::1 and device eth0 + IPV6_DEFAULTGW="fe80::1%eth0" + Add default route through fe80::1 and device eth0 + + Note: if IPV6_DEFAULTGW is specified with %interface scope and it + doesn't match IPV6_DEFAULTDEV, IPV6_DEFAULTDEV is ignored. + Note: it's preferred to use %interface for all addresses, not + just link-local if you have multiple IPv6-enabled interfaces. + + IPV6_DEFAULTDEV=<interface> (optional) + Add a default route through specified interface without specifying next hop + Type of interface will be tested whether this is allowed + Examples: + IPV6_DEFAULTDEV="eth0" INVALID example! + IPV6_DEFAULTDEV="ppp0" + IPV6_DEFAULTDEV="sit1" + Examples for 6to4 + IPV6_DEFAULTDEV="tun6to4" + Add default route through dedicated 6to4 tunnel device "tun6to4", if configured + + Note: "tun6to4" does not support an additional IPV6_DEFAULTGW. + Other interfaces prefer IPV6_DEFAULTGW, if specified. + + IPV6_RADVD_PIDFILE=<pid-file> (optional) + Location of PID file for controlling radvd, see IPV6_CONTROL_RADVD + Default: "/run/radvd/radvd.pid" + Example: + IPV6_RADVD_PIDFILE="/some/other/location/radvd.pid" + IPV6TO4_RADVD_PIDFILE=<pid-file> (obsolete) + As above, still supported for a while for backward compatibility. + IPV6_RADVD_TRIGGER_ACTION=startstop|reload|restart|SIGHUP (optional) + How to trigger radvd in case of 6to4 or PPP action + startstop: radvd starts if interface goes up and stops + if interface goes down using initscript call of radvd with related parameter + reload|restart: initscript of radvd is called with this parameter + SIGHUP: signal HUP is sent to radvd, pidfile must be specified, if not the default + Default: SIGHUP + + IPv6 options above can be overridden in interface-specific configuration. + + obsoleted values from earlier releases: + + FORWARD_IPV4=yes|no + Create a new file in /etc/sysctl.d/ with the net.ipv4.ip_forward + setting instead. Setting it to 1 there enables IP forwarding, + setting it to 0 disables it (which is the default for RFC compliance). + + NETWORKWAIT=yes|no + This is not used with the move to systemd. + + HOSTNAME=<fqdn by default, but whatever hostname you want> + This is now configured in /etc/hostname. + +/etc/sysconfig/static-routes-ipv6: + Contains lines of the form: + + <device> IPv6-network IPv6-gateway + <tunneldevice> IPv6-network + + <device> must be a device name to have the route brought up and + down with the device + + For example: + + eth0 fec0:0:0:2::/64 fec0:0:0:1:0:0:0:20 + adds a route for IPv6 network fec0:0:0:2::/64 through fec0:0:0:1:0:0:0:20 + + eth0 2000::/3 3ffe:ffff:0:1::1 + so-called "default" routes for clients + + sit1 2000::/3 + adds routes through dedicated tunnel interface sit1 + + tun6to4 3ffe:ffff:1234::/56 + adds routes through hardwired 6to4 tunnel interface tun6to4 + tun6to4 3ffe:ffff:5678::/56 ::5.6.7.8 + adds routes through hardwired 6to4 tunnel interface tun6to4, + specifying next hop + + Notes: + * default routes (such as the "2000::/3" shown above) should be set with + IPV6_DEFAULTGW and IPV6_DEFAULTDEV, see more above. + * tunnel device "sit0" is not supported here, routes will never be applied + +/etc/sysconfig/routed: + + SILENT=yes|no + EXPORT_GATEWAY=yes|no + +/etc/sysconfig/rawdevices: + + This is used for setting up raw device to block device mappings. + It has the format: + <rawdev> <major> <minor> + <rawdev> <blockdev> + For example: + /dev/raw/raw1 /dev/sda1 + /dev/raw/raw2 8 5 + +/etc/sysconfig/pcmcia: + + PCMCIA=yes|no + PCIC=i82365|tcic + PCIC_OPTS=<socket driver (i82365 or tcic) timing parameters> + CORE_OPTS=<pcmcia_core options> + CARDMGR_OPTS=<cardmgr options> + +/etc/sysconfig/amd: + + ADIR=/.automount (normally never changed) + MOUNTPTS='/net /etc/amd.conf' (standard automount stuff) + AMDOPTS= (extra options for AMD) + +/etc/sysconfig/tape: + + DEV=/dev/nst0 + Tape device. Use the non-rewinding one for these scripts. + + For SCSI tapes this is /dev/nst#, where # is the number of the + tape drive you want to use. If you only have one then use + nst0. + + For IDE tapes you use /dev/ht#, where # is the number of the tape + drive you want to use (usually ht0). + + For floppy tape drives use /dev/ftape. + + ADMIN=root + Person to mail to if the backup fails for any reason + + SLEEP=5 + Time to sleep between tape operations. Some drives need a bit + more than others, but 5 seems to work for 8mm, 4mm, and DLT + + BLOCKSIZE=32768 + This worked fine for 8mm, then 4mm, and now DLT. An optimal + setting is probably however much data your drive writes at one + time. + + SHORTDATE=$(date +%y:%m:%d:%H:%M) + A short date string, used in backup log filenames. + + DAY=$(date +log-%y:%m:%d) + This is used for the log file directory. + + DATE=$(date) + Regular date string, used in log files. + + LOGROOT=/var/log/backup + Root of the logging directory + + LIST=$LOGROOT/incremental-list + This is the file name the incremental backup will use to store + the incremental list. It will be $LIST-{some number}. + + DOTCOUNT=$LOGROOT/.count + For counting as you go to know which incremental list to use + + COUNTER=$LOGROOT/counter-file + For rewinding when done...might not use. + + BACKUPTAB=/etc/backuptab + The file in which we keep our list of backup(s) we want to make. + +/etc/sysconfig/saslauthd: + + used by the saslauthd init script (part of the cyrus-sasl package) to + control which arguments are passed to saslauthd at startup time; changes + made to this file have no effect until saslauthd is restarted + + MECH=shadow + controls which data source saslauthd will consult when checking user + passwords; run 'saslauthd -v' to get a full list of available + authentication mechanisms + SOCKETDIR=/run/saslauthd + controls in which directory saslauthd will be directed to create its + listening socket; any change to this value will require a corresponding + change in client configuration files + +/etc/sysconfig/sendmail: + DAEMON=yes|no + yes implies -bd (i.e., listen on port 25 for new mail) + QUEUE=1h + given to sendmail as -q$QUEUE + -q option is not given to sendmail if /etc/sysconfig/sendmail + exists and QUEUE is empty or undefined. + +/etc/locale.conf + + A configutration file for locale settings. See locale.conf(5) for + more details. + + LANG= set locale for all categories, can be any two letter ISO + language code + LC_CTYPE= locale data configuration for classification and conversion + of characters + LC_COLLATE= locale data configuration for collation (sort order) of + strings + LC_MESSAGES= locale data configuration for translation of messages + LC_NUMERIC= locale data configuration for non-monetary numeric data + LC_MONETARY= locale data configuration for monetary data + LC_TIME= locale data configuration for date and time + LC_ALL= locale data configuration overriding all of the above + LANGUAGE= can be a : separated list of ISO language codes + LINGUAS= can be a ' ' separated list of ISO language codes + + The above variables are used in /etc/profile.d/lang.sh. + + If ~/.i18n exists, it is used in addition to /etc/locale.conf and + for per-user customization of the locales. + +/etc/vconsole.conf: + + SYSFONT= Console font. Fonts are found in /usr/lib/kbd/consolefonts. + + UNIMAP= Unicode font map. Most fonts have these built-in. Font maps + can be found in /usr/lib/kbd/unimaps. These are applied via setfont's + -u option. + + SYSFONTACM= Console map. These are applied via setfont's -m option, + and are found in /usr/lib/kbd/consoletrans. + + The above are used to set up the keyboard at boot time. For more + information, see vconsole.conf(5). + +Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ +======================================== + +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup: +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown: + + Symlinks to /sbin/ifup and /sbin/ifdown, respectively. + These are the only two scripts "in" this directory that should + be called directly; these two scripts call all the other + scripts as needed. These symlinks are here for legacy purposes -- + only /sbin/ifup and /sbin/ifdown should currently be used + at the user level. + + These scripts take one argument normally: the name of the device + (e.g. eth0). They are called with a second argument of "boot" + during the boot sequence so that devices that are not meant to + be brought up on boot (ONBOOT=no, see below) can be ignored at + that time. + + Also, interfaces may be brought up via the hotplug scripts; + in this case, HOTPLUG=no needs to be set to no to avoid this. + This is useful e.g. to prevent bonding device activation by merely + loading the bonding kernel module. + +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/init.ipv6-global: + Not really a public file. Contains different basic settings that + are set from /etc/[rc.d]/init.d/network at different stages of + network initialization. + +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions: + + Not really a public file. Contains functions which the scripts use + for bringing interfaces up and down. In particular, it contains + most of the code for handling alternative interface configurations. + +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions-ipv6: + + Not really a public file. Contains functions which the scripts use + for bringing IPv6 on interfaces up and down, like addresses, routes, + forwarding handling and static or automatic tunneling. + +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<interface-name> and +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<interface-name>:<alias-name>: + + The first defines an interface, and the second contains + only the parts of the definition that are different in a + "alias" (or alternative) interface. For example, the + network numbers might be different, but everything else + might be the same, so only the network numbers would be + in the alias file, but all the device information would + be in the base ifcfg file. + + The items that can be defined in an ifcfg file depend on the + interface type. The really obvious ones I'm not going to + bother to define; you can figure out what "IPADDR" is, I + think... :-) + + Base items: + NAME=<friendly name for users to see> + Most important for PPP. Only used in front ends. + DEVICE=<name of physical device (except dynamically-allocated PPP + devices where it is the "logical name")> + IPADDR= + NETMASK= + GATEWAY= + METRIC= + Metric for the default route using GATEWAY + ONBOOT=yes|no (not valid for alias devices; use ONPARENT) + HOTPLUG=yes|no + USERCTL=yes|no + BOOTPROTO=none|bootp|dhcp + 'bootp' or 'dhcp' cause a DHCP client to run on the device. Any other + value causes any static configuration in the file to be applied. + VLAN=yes|no + MTU= + Default MTU for this device + WINDOW= + Default window for routes from this device + PEERDNS=yes|no + modify /etc/resolv.conf if peer uses msdns extension (PPP only) or + DNS{1,2} are set, or if using dhclient. default to "yes". + DNS{1,2}=<ip address> + provide DNS addresses that are dropped into the resolv.conf + file if PEERDNS is not set to "no". + SCOPE= + Set to "scope SCOPE-ID" to set a non-default scope for a statically + configured IP address. + SRCADDR= + use the specified source address for outgoing packets + MII_NOT_SUPPORTED= + if set don't try to use ifstatus to detect if the link is up. + METRIC= + if set, assign the route associated with this interface to this + metric using ifmetric. + HWADDR= + ethernet hardware address for this device + MACADDR= + Set the hardware address for this device to this. + Use of this in conjunction with HWADDR= may cause + unintended behavior. + NOZEROCONF= + Set this to not set a route for dynamic link-local addresses + over this device. + PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=yes|no|1|0 + Without this option, or if it is 'no'/'0', and BOOTPROTO=dhcp, + dhclient is run for the interface in "one-shot" mode; if the + dhcp server does not respond for a configurable timeout, then + dhclient exits and the interface is not brought up - + the '-1' option is given to dhclient. + If PERSISTENT_DHCLIENT=yes, then dhclient will keep on trying + to contact the dhcp server when it does not respond - no '-1' + option is given to dhclient. Note: this disables the automatic + checking for the presence of a link before starting dhclient. + DHCPRELEASE=yes|no|1|0 + With this option set to 'yes' (1), when a dhcp configured + interface is brought down with 'ifdown', the lease will be + released. Otherwise, leases are not released. + + NO_DHCP_HOSTNAME=yes|no|1|0 + Tells initscripts to not obtain hostname from DHCP server in the ifup-post + phase. This option might be useful especially with static configuration of + the interface. + DHCP_SEND_HOSTNAME=yes|no|1|0 + Tells initscripts whether the DHCP_HOSTNAME or DHCP_FQDN options (below) + should be sent to DHCP server. + DHCP_HOSTNAME=<hostname> + Sends the specified hostname to the DHCP server. + DHCP_FQDN=<fully.qualified.domain.name> + Sends the specified FQDN to the DHCP server. + + Please note when both DHCP_HOSTNAME and DHCP_FQDN are specified, + only DHCP_FQDN will be used. (Same behaviour as with NetworkManager.) + + DHCLIENT_IGNORE_GATEWAY=yes|no|1|0 + If set to 'yes', it will cause dhclient-script to ignore any $GATEWAY + setting that may be in the ifcfg file for this interface. + Otherwise, the dhclient session which obtains an ip-address + on the same subnet as $GATEWAY will set the default route + to be via $GATEWAY, and no other dhclient session will set + the default route. + DHCLIENTARGS= + Any additional arguments to dhclient. + NM_CONTROLLED=yes|no + If set to 'no', NetworkManager will ignore this connection/device. + Defaults to 'yes'. + ZONE= + Network zone (trust level) of this connection. + If not set, default zone (specified in /etc/firewalld/firewalld.conf) + is used. To see all available zones, run 'firewall-cmd --get-zones'. + ARPCHECKn=yes|no + If set to 'no', ifup will not try to determine, if requested ip address + is used by other machine in network. + Defaults to 'yes'. + ARPUPDATE=yes|no + If set to 'no' the neighbours in current network will not be updated with + ARP information about this NIC. This is especially handy using LVS Load + Balancing with Direct Routing enabled. + Defaults to 'yes'. + IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes|no + If set to yes, ifup-eth will end immediately after ipv4 dhclient fails. + Defaults to 'no'. + + For dynamic addressing (BOOTPROTO=dhcp) only DEVICE needs to + be set; all the rest will be determined by the boot protocol. + + IPV6_SET_SYSCTLS=yes|no + If set, network-scripts will attempt to set sysctls based on the setup + of the interface. For example, will try to set `accept_ra` for interfaces + where $IPV6_AUTOCONF is set to `yes`. Defaults to `yes`, set to `no` if you + want to manage these yourself. + + You can specify which dhcp client to use with the DHCP_CLIENT, if + the DHCP_CLIENT is not specified we trying to launch in order : + /sbin/dhclient + /sbin/dhcpcd + /sbin/pump + /sbin/dhcpxd + if you have a preferred client define the DHCP_CLIENT variable. + When you use dhclient (which it is the default on a Mandrake-Linux + system) you can specify a timeout of waiting the answer from server, + the option is called DHCP_TIMEOUT the default is 60 sec. + + Mageia specific items for DHCP clients: + DHCP_HOSTNAME= + This option specifies the hostname to request to the DHCP server. + The name may or may not be qualified with the local domain name. + NEEDHOSTNAME=yes|no + If set to 'yes', set hostname to the host-name option supplied + by the DHCP server. + PEERDNS=yes|no + If set to 'no', do not modify /etc/resolv.conf + PEERGATEWAY=yes|no + If set to 'no', do not add the gateway provided by DHCP server + in the routing table (does not work with dhcpxd). + PEERYP=yes|no + If set to 'yes', update /etc/yp.conf (specific to dhcpcd) + PEERNTPD=yes|no + If set to 'yes', update /etc/ntp.conf (specific to dhcpcd) + DOMAINNAME= + If specified and DHCP_HOSTNAME is not empty, strip DOMAINNAME + value in DHCP_HOSTNAME. + If empty and dhcpd is used, set the host domainname to the + domainname option supplied by DHCP server. + DHCP_TIMEOUT= + If not empty, this option specifies (in seconds) for how long + the DHCP client will try to get an IP address after its initial request + (specific to dhclient and dhcpcd, default is 60 seconds) + + Mageia items: + LINK_DETECTION_DELAY=<time in seconds> + Delay after which a lack of link beat will be considered to + result from an unplugged interface, rather than just down + + Base items being deprecated: + NETWORK=<will be calculated automatically with ipcalc> + BROADCAST=<will be calculated automatically with ipcalc> + + Alias specific items: + ONPARENT=yes|no + Whether to bring up the device when the parent device is brought + up. + Default: yes + + IPv6-only items for real interfaces: + IPV6INIT=yes|no + Enable or disable IPv6 static, DHCP, or autoconf configuration for this interface + Default: yes + IPV6FORWARDING=yes|no + Enable or disable global forwarding of incoming IPv6 packets + Note: Obsolete in interface specification! + Default: no + IPV6ADDR=<IPv6 address>[/<prefix length>] + Specify a primary static IPv6 address here + Optional, if normal host and a router advertisement daemon is on local link + Required, if node is a router and interface should route packets + Note: if prefix length is omitted, 64 is assumed + Example: + IPV6ADDR="3ffe:ffff:0:5::1" + IPV6ADDR="3ffe:ffff:0:1::1/128" + IPV6ADDR_SECONDARIES="<IPv6 address>[/<prefix length>] ..." (optional) + A list of secondary IPv6 addresses (e.g. useful for virtual hosting) + Example: + IPV6ADDR_SECONDARIES="3ffe:ffff:0:1::10 3ffe:ffff:0:2::11/128" + IPV6_MTU=<MTU of link> (optional) + Optional, dedicated MTU of this link + Note: Must be greater or equal to 1280. + Example: + IPV6_MTU="1280" + IPV6_PRIVACY=rfc3041 + Enables RFC 3041 IPv6 privacy support if set. + Default: RFC 3041 support disabled + IPV6_FORCE_ACCEPT_RA=yes|no + By default network-scripts will set `accept_ra` only if $IPV6_AUTOCONF is + set to `yes`. If you don't want SLAAC addresses but do want to accept RA, + then set this to `yes`. Defaults to `no`. + + Special configuration options for multi-homed hosts etc. + IPV6_ROUTER=yes|no: Controls IPv6 autoconfiguration + IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes|no: Controls IPv6 autoconfiguration + Defaults: + Global IPV6FORWARDING=yes: IPV6_AUTOCONF=no, IPV6_ROUTER=yes + Global IPV6FORWARDING=no: IPV6_AUTOCONF=yes + + Optional settings for a 6to4 tunnel + IPV6TO4INIT=yes|no + Enable or disable 6to4 tunneling setup + Default: no + IPV6TO4_RELAY=<IPv4 address> (optional) + IPv4 address of the remote 6to4 relay + Note: if this is omitted, ::192.88.99.1 (the anycast relay address) is chosen + IPV6TO4_IPV4ADDR=<IPv6 address>[/<prefix length>] (optional) + Overwrite local IPv4 address which is accessible from the Internet + (optional, in case of static IPv4-NAT behind a router or other special scenarios) + IPV6TO4_MTU=<MTU for IPv6> (optional) + Controls IPv6 MTU for the 6to4 tunnel + Note: Must be greater or equal to 1280 + Example: + IPV6TO4_MTU="1280" + Default: MTU of master device - 20 + IPV6TO4_ROUTING="<device>-<suffix>/<prefix length> ..." (optional) + A list of routing tokens to setup proper IPv6 interfaces on the LAN + Example: + IPV6TO4_ROUTING="eth0-:0004::1/64 eth1-:0005::1/64" + Will create one address per eth0 and eth1, taking given SLA + + Optional settings for a 6to4 tunnel or a ppp link + IPV6_CONTROL_RADVD=yes|no (optional) + Enable signaling radvd that the 6to4 prefix has been changed or a + preconfigured dynamic device is up or down + Default: no + + IPv6-only items for static tunnel interface: + Interface name: sitX (X => 1) + IPV6INIT=yes|no + Enable or disable IPv6 configuration for this interface + Default: no + IPV6TUNNELIPV4=<IPv4 address> + Specify IPv4 address of a foreign IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnel endpoint + Example: + IPV6TUNNELIPV4="1.2.3.4" + IPV6TUNNELIPV4LOCAL=<IPv4 address> + Specify local IPv4 address of tunnel, useful on interfaces with multiple IPv4 addresses + IPV6ADDR=<IPv6 address>[/<prefix length>] (optional) + local IPv6 address of a numbered tunnel + IPV6ADDR_SECONDARIES="<IPv6 address>[/<prefix length>] ..." (optional) + A list of secondary IPv6 addresses (example see above) + IPV6_MTU=<MTU of tunnel> (optional) + Optional, dedicated MTU of this tunnel + Note: Must be greater or equal to 1280 + Example: + IPV6_MTU="1280" + + IPv6-only option to enable DHCPv6 client: + DHCPV6C=yes|no + This will enable the DHCPv6 client, dhcp6c, to be run for the interface. + See man dhcp6c(8) and dhcp6c.conf(5). + DHCPV6C_OPTIONS=... + This will pass given arguments to the DHCPv6 client. For example, + "-I" option will request network information (e.g., DNS addresses) + only, not IPv6 addresses. + + Ethernet-only items: + ARP=yes|no (adds 'arp' flag to ip, for use with the + ethertap device) + LINKDELAY=<time in seconds> + Time that the system should pause after the specific interface is + enabled. This may be useful if one interface is connected to a + switch which has spanning tree enabled and must wait for STP to + converge before the interface should be considered usable. + BRIDGE=<br* device> + If set, the ethernet device is not assigned an address. It is added to + the specified bridge device instead. + EXTRA_ROUTE_OPTS=<string of route options> + Extra options to add to the interface route. For example, let's say you + wanted an interface route to have an mtu of 1480, but wanted the + interface to still have a route of 1500, you could set "mtu 1480" here. + Anything here is appended to the `ip route add` or `ip route replace` + command. + + Deprecated, but supported: + ETHTOOL_OPTS=... + Any device-specific options supported by ethtool. For example, + if you wanted to force 100Mb full duplex: + ETHTOOL_OPTS="speed 100 duplex full autoneg off" + Note that changing speed or duplex settings almost always + requires disabling autonegotiation with 'autoneg off'. + + Multiple options can also be set like so : + ETHTOOL_OPTS="-K ${DEVICE} tso on; -G ${DEVICE} rx 256 tx 256" + + Long term, this should be done by sysadmin-written udev rules. + + No longer supported: + PROMISC=yes|no (enable or disable promiscuous mode) + ALLMULTI=yes|no (enable or disable all-multicast mode) + + To properly set these, use the packet socket interface. + + Ethernet 802.1q VLAN items: + DEVICE=eth0.42 + Initscripts use DEV_PLUS_VID_NO_PAD naming mode for VLAN + devices. + Example: eth0.42 for vlan 42 on device eth0. + Valid VLAN ID range is 0-4095. Most ethernet switches reserve + VLAN ID 1 to be used as management VLAN; starting from VLAN + ID 2 is recommended. + REORDER_HDR=yes|no + When enabled the VLAN device will move the ethernet header + around to make it look exactly like a real ethernet device. + This may help programs such as ISC dhcpd which read the raw + ethernet packet and make assumptions about the location of + bytes. If you don't need it turn it off because there + is a small performance penalty. Default is on. + GVRP=yes|no + When enabled, this will announce new vlan creation to a GVRP + enabled trunk port on a switch. Default is off. + + PPP/SLIP items: + PERSIST=yes|no + MODEMPORT=<device, say /dev/modem> + LINESPEED=<speed, say 115200> + DEFABORT=yes|no (tells netcfg whether or not to put default + abort strings in when creating/editing the chat script and/or + dip script for this interface) + (meaningless with WVDIALSECT) + + PPP-specific items + WVDIALSECT=<list of sections from wvdial.conf to use> + If this variable is set, then the chat script (if it + exists) is ignored, and wvdial is used to open the + PPP connection. + DEFROUTE=yes|no (set this interface as default route? yes is default) + DEBUG=yes|no (defaults to yes) + turns on/off pppd and chat (if used) debugging. + ESCAPECHARS=yes|no (simplified interface here doesn't let people + specify which characters to escape; almost everyone can use + asyncmap 00000000 anyway, and they can set PPPOPTIONS to + asyncmap foobar if they want to set options perfectly) + HARDFLOWCTL=yes|no (yes implies "modem crtscts" options) + PPPOPTIONS=<arbitrary option string; is placed last on the + command line, so it can override other options like asyncmap + that were specified differently> + PPPOE_EXTRA = any extra arguments to pass to pppoe + PPPD_EXTRA = any extra arguments to pass to pppd + PAPNAME=<"name $PAPNAME" on pppd command line> (note that + the "remotename" option is always specified as the logical + ppp device name, like "ppp0" (which might perhaps be the + physical device ppp1 if some other ppp device was brought + up earlier...), which makes it easy to manage pap/chap + files -- name/password pairs are associated with the + logical ppp device name so that they can be managed + together. + REMIP=<remote ip address, normally unspecified> + MTU= + MRU= + DISCONNECTTIMEOUT=<number of seconds, default currently 5> + (time to wait before re-establishing the connection after + a successfully-connected session terminates before attempting + to establish a new connection.) + RETRYTIMEOUT=<number of seconds, default currently 60> + (time to wait before re-attempting to establish a connection + after a previous attempt fails.) + RETRYCONNECT=yes|no (defaults to yes) + If this is yes, then we will re-run pppd if it exits with a + "connect script failed" status. Otherwise, only one attempt + is made to bring up the connection. Note that some connect + scripts (for example, wvdial) might do their own retries (such + as BUSY or NO DIALTONE conditions). + MAXFAIL=<number> + If this is set, this will cause ppp-watch to exit after + the specified number of attempts. + DEMAND=yes|no + Switches on demand-dialing mode using pppd's "demand" option. + IDLETIMEOUT=600 + The amount of time the link needs to be inactive before pppd will + bring it down automatically. + BOOTTIMEOUT=30 + The amount of time to wait at boot before giving up on the + connection. + + IPPP-specific items (ISDN) + PROVIDER=<ProviderName> + USER=<Login> + PASSWORD=<Password> + ENCAP=[syncppp|] + DIALMODE=[manual|auto] + SECURE=off|on + MSN=<> + PHONE_IN=<Callback.Number> + AREACODE=<> + REGIONCODE=<> + PHONE_OUT=<PhoneNumber> + BUNDLING=off|on + HUPTIMEOUT=<number> + DNS1=<PrimaryDNS> + DNS2=<SecondaryDNS> + DOMAIN="" + LAYER=[HDLC|] + CALLBACK=off|on + CHARGEHUP=<number> + CHARGEINT=<number> + CBHUP=<number> + CBDELAY=<number> + DIALMAX=<number> + AUTH=[+pap] [-chap] + IHUP=<> + DELDEFAULTROUTE=[enabled|disabled] + CBCP=off|on + VJ=off|on + VJCCOMP=off|on + AC=off|on + PC=off|on + BSDCOMP=off|on + CCP=off|on + SLAVE_DEVICE=ippp[0-9] + + ippp0 items being deprecated: + BOOT=[on|off] will be converted to ONBOOT=[yes|no] by netconf + LOCAL_IP= will be converted to IPADDR by netconf + REMOTE_IP= will be converted to GATEWAY by netconf + + Wireless-specific items: + See iw(8) for additional information. + MODE=[Managed|Ad-Hoc|Monitor] + ESSID= + Required. + FREQ= + Required if MODE=Ad-Hoc. + KEY=<default WEP key> + + IPSEC specific items + SRC=source address. Not required. + DST=destination address + TYPE=IPSEC + SRCNET=source net (for tunneling) + DSTNET=destination network (for tunneling) + + Manual keying: + + AH_PROTO{,_IN,_OUT}=protocol to use for AH (defaults to hmac-sha1) + ESP_PROTO{,_IN,_OUT}=protocol to use for ESP (defaults to 3des-cbc) + AESP_PROTO{,_IN,_OUT}=protocol to use for ESP authentication (defaults to + hmac-sha1) + KEY_AH{,_IN,_OUT}=AH key + KEY_ESP{,_IN,_OUT}=ESP encryption key + KEY_AESP{,_IN,_OUT}=ESP authentication key (optional) + SPI_{ESP,AH}_{IN,OUT}=SPIs to use + + _IN and _OUT specifiers are for using different keys or protocols for + incoming and outgoing packets. If neither _IN or _OUT variants are set for + protocols or keys, the same will be used for both. Hexadecimal keys need to + be prefixed with "0x". + + Automatic keying: + + IKE_DHGROUP=<number> (defaults to 2) + IKE_METHOD=PSK|X509|GSSAPI + PSK=preshared keys (shared secret) + X509=X.509 certificates + GSSPI=GSSAPI authentication + IKE_AUTH=protocol to use for Phase 1 of SA (defaults to sha1) + IKE_ENC=protocol to use for Phase 1 of SA (defaults to 3des) + IKE_PSK=preshared key for this connection + IKE_CERTFILE=our certificate file name for X509 IKE + IKE_PEER_CERTFILE=peer public cert filename for X509 IKE + IKE_DNSSEC=retrieve peer public certs from DNS + (otherwise uses certificate information sent over IKE) + + To manage the racoon configuration manually (e.g. when there is more than + one IPSEC configuration with the same DST), set KEYING=automatic and leave + all IKE_* parameters unspecified. + + To override the identifier to use with a preshared key: + + MYID_TYPE=address|fqdn|user_fqdn + MYID_VALUE=fqdn or user_fqdn string for this connection + + Usage of AH or ESP may be disabled by setting {AH,ESP}_PROTO to "none". + + Bonding-specific items + + SLAVE=yes + Specifies device as a slave + MASTER=bondXX + Specifies master device to bind to + BONDING_OPTS= + A space-separated list of options to the bonding driver for this + interface, such as: + + "mode=active-backup arp_interval=60 arp_ip_target=192.168.1.1,192.168.1.2" + + Tunnel-specific items: + TYPE=GRE|GRE6|IPIP|IPIP6|EXTERNAL + External is a mode for ip6_tunnel interfaces (that cannot be set on + the primary ip6tnl0 interface), which permits unwrapping encapsulated + packets regardless of their internal IP (v4 or v6) provided the inner + address is on the interface. Use $MY_INNER_IPADDR for v4 addresses. Use + $IPV6ADDR and $IPV6ADDR_SECONDARIES as usual for v6 addresses. + MY_INNER_IPADDR=local IP address of the tunnel interface + PEER_OUTER_IPADDR=IP address of the remote tunnel endpoint + MY_OUTER_IPADDR=IP address of the local tunnel endpoint + If unspecified, an IP address is selected automatically for outgoing + tunnel packets, and incoming tunnel packets are accepted on all local + IP addresses. + PEER_INNER_IPADDR=IP address of the remote end of the tunnel interface + If this is specified, a route to PEER_INNER_IPADDR through the tunnel + is added automatically. + TTL=TTL value for tunnel packets + Default is to use the TTL of the packet transported through the tunnel + + Bridge-specific items: + TYPE=Bridge + STP=off|on (see 'brctl stp') + DELAY=forward delay time in seconds (see 'brctl setfd') + BRIDGING_OPTS= + A space-separated list of bridging options for either the bridge + device, or the port device, such as: + + BRIDGING_OPTS="hello_time=200 priority=65535" + for bridge devices, or + BRIDGING_OPTS="hairpin_mode=1" + for port devices. + + TUN/TAP-specific items: + OWNER=<owner of the device> + +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-<interface-name>: + + chat script for PPP or SLIP connection intended to establish + the connection. For SLIP devices, a DIP script is written + from the chat script; for PPP devices, the chat script is used + directly. + +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/dip-<interface-name> + + A write-only script created from the chat script by netcfg. + Do not modify this. In the future, this file may disappear + by default and created on-the-fly from the chat script if + it does not exist. + +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-post + + Called when any network device EXCEPT a SLIP device comes + up. Calls /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-routes to + bring up static routes that depend on that device. Calls + /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-aliases to bring up + aliases for that device. Sets the hostname if it is not + already set and a hostname can be found for the IP for that + device. Sends SIGIO to any programs that have requested + notification of network events. + + Could be extended to fix up nameservice configuration, call + arbitrary scripts, etc, as needed. + +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-routes + + Set up static routes for a device. + +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-aliases + + Bring up aliases for a device. + +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdhcpc-done + + Called by dhcpcd once dhcp configuration is complete; sets + up /etc/resolv.conf from the version dhcpcd dropped in + /etc/dhcpc/resolv.conf + +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/route-<interface-name> + + Contains lines that specify additional routes that should be added when the + associated interface is brought up. + + The files are processed by the ifup-routes script and uses the /sbin/ipcalc + utility for all network masks and numbers. Routes are specified using the + syntax: + + ADDRESSn=<network> + NETMASKn=<network/prefix mask> + GATEWAYn=<next-hop router/gateway IP address> + + The "n" is expected to be consecutive positive integers starting from 0. + For example: + + ADDRESS0=192.168.2.0 + NETMASK0=255.255.255.0 + GATEWAY0=192.168.1.1 + + adds a network route to the 192.168.2.0 network via the gateway at + 192.168.1.1. Since you must already have a route to the network of the + gateway, there is no need to specify a device. + + Note: The ifup-routes script also supports an older syntax designed to be + used directly as an argument to "/sbin/ip route add". This syntax is + deprecated, but if no "ADDRESSn" lines are found the following will still + work: + + 192.168.2.0/24 dev ppp0 + + adds a network route to the 192.168.2.0 network through ppp0. + +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/route6-<interface-name> + + Contains lines that are arguments to "/sbin/ip -6 route add" + For example: + + site-local route for network fec0:0:0:2::/64 + via gateway fec0:0:0:1:0:0:0:20 (e.g. on eth0): + + fec0:0:0:2::/64 via fec0:0:0:1:0:0:0:20 + + additional prefix configured to be on-link on eth0: + + 3ffe:fffe:1:2::/64 dev eth0 + + 6to4 route for network 3ffe:ffff:1::/48, either: + + 3ffe:ffff:1::/48 + 3ffe:ffff:1::/48 via ::192.168.1.2 + + Note the special case of 6to4 interface: 'via [relay]' is + automatically added if explicit 'via' wasn't specified. + +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/rule-<interface-name> +/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/rule6-<interface-name> + + Contains lines that specify additional routing rules that should be added + when the associated interface is brought up. + + Each non-comment line is used directly as an argument to "/sbin/ip rule add" + or "/sbin/ip -6 rule add" for rule6 files. + |