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author | Miloslav Trmac <mitr@volny.cz> | 2006-02-02 23:05:00 +0000 |
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committer | Miloslav Trmac <mitr@volny.cz> | 2006-02-02 23:05:00 +0000 |
commit | 81ce4ad6f1f1266c0971003d7358d50eb3cb769e (patch) | |
tree | 7d7a474a0041d8294cfd11a4a40f25fd0f35ee26 /sysconfig.txt | |
parent | 28c06edd4a0eb0b64cb41c77c6330d944dfbb393 (diff) | |
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- Document wireless options (#87794)
- Document NOZEROCONF (#121706)
- Remove DESKTOP=AnotherLevel documentation
- Other small fixes
- Spell check the file
Diffstat (limited to 'sysconfig.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | sysconfig.txt | 61 |
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/sysconfig.txt b/sysconfig.txt index 22b12a8b..211d2344 100644 --- a/sysconfig.txt +++ b/sysconfig.txt @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig ZONE="US/Eastern" /etc/sysconfig/desktop: - DESKTOP=GNOME|KDE|AnotherLevel + DESKTOP=GNOME|KDE This determines the default desktop for new users. DISPLAYMANAGER=GNOME|KDE|XDM This determines display manager started by /etc/X11/prefdm, @@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig IPXAUTOFRAME=on|off (again, not yes|no) IPXINTERNALNETNUM=<netnum> IPXINTERNALNODENUM=<nodenum> + NOZEROCONF= + Set this to not set a route for dynamic link-local addresses. All the IPX stuff is optional, and should default to off. @@ -185,7 +187,7 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig Enable or disable global IPv6 initialization Default: no IPV6FORWARDING=yes|no - Enable or disable global forwarding of incoming IPv6 packes + 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 @@ -402,16 +404,15 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig LANG= set locale for all categories, can be any two letter ISO language code - LC_CTYPE= localedata configuration for classification and conversion + LC_CTYPE= locale data configuration for classification and conversion of characters - LC_COLLATE= localedata configuration for collation (sort order) of + LC_COLLATE= locale data configuration for collation (sort order) of strings - LC_MESSAGES= localedata configuration for translation of yes and no - messages - LC_NUMERIC= localedata configuration for non-monetary numeric data - LC_MONETARY= localedata configuration for monetary data - LC_TIME= localedata configuration for date and time - LC_ALL= localedata configuration overriding all of the above + 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 @@ -506,7 +507,7 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ 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}=<ipaddress> + DNS{1,2}=<ip address> provide DNS addresses that are dropped into the resolv.conf file if PEERDNS is not set to "no". SRCADDR= @@ -518,7 +519,7 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ Use of this in conjunction with HWADDR= may cause unintended behavior. NOZEROCONF= - Set this to not set a route for dynamic link-local addreses + 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, @@ -546,8 +547,8 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ by the boot protocol. No "dummy" entries need to be created. Base items being deprecated: - NETWORK=<will be calculated automatically with ifcalc> - BROADCAST=<will be calculated automatically with ifcalc> + NETWORK=<will be calculated automatically with ipcalc> + BROADCAST=<will be calculated automatically with ipcalc> Alias specific items: ONPARENT=yes|no @@ -596,7 +597,7 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ 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 accessable from the Internet + 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 @@ -612,7 +613,7 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ Optional settings for a 6to4 tunnel or a ppp link IPV6_CONTROL_RADVD=yes|no (optional) - Enable signalling radvd that the 6to4 prefix has been changed or a + Enable signaling radvd that the 6to4 prefix has been changed or a preconfigured dynamic device is up or down Default: no @@ -698,7 +699,7 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ 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 imples "modem crtscts" options) + 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> @@ -773,12 +774,34 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ 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 iwconfig(8) for additional information. + MODE=[Ad-Hoc|Managed|Master|Repeater|Secondary|Monitor|Auto] + ESSID= + Defaults to "any". + NWID= + FREQ= + Ignored if MODE=Managed. + CHANNEL= + Ignored if MODE=Managed. + SENS=<sensitivity threshold> + RATE= + KEY{1,2,3,4}=<WEP key with the given index> + DEFAULTKEY=<default key index> + KEY=<default WEP key> + SECURITYMODE=[on|off|open|restricted] + RTS=[auto|fixed|off|<rts threshold>] + FRAG=[off|<fragmentation threshold>] + IWCONFIG=<other iwconfig(8) options> + SPYIPS=<list of IP addresses to monitor for link quality> + IWPRIV=<iwpriv(8) commands> + IPSEC specific items SRC=source address. Not required. DST=destination address @@ -794,7 +817,7 @@ Files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ KEY_ESP{_IN,_OUT}=ESP key SPI_{ESP,AH_{IN,OUT}}=SPIs to use - _IN and _OUT specifiers are for using different keys or protocols for inccoming + _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. |