Hi,
I'm currently reading chapter 13 of the RHEL Deployment Guide, and
taking some notes. I have a few minor questions:
/etc/sysconfig/network
According to the doc: "This file specifies routing and host information
for all network interfaces."
Here's how mine looks like:
--8<-----------------
NETWORKING=yes
NETWORKING_IPV6=yes
HOSTNAME=fujitsu.zuhause
GATEWAY=192.168.1.254
--8<-----------------
NETWORKING_IPV6= -> I wonder if I can switch that to 'no', since I
simple don't use IPV6. Will some apps mysteriously refuse to work when I
do this? (You never know...)
HOSTNAME=... -> this looks like a redundancy with information provided
in /etc/hosts. So what is it for? Can it be left out?
GATEWAY=... -> another redundancy, since it's also to be found in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<interface>. Leave it out if it's
in the individual interface scripts?
More questions to come, but here's a first bunch :o)
Cheers,
Niki
PS: I've started on Linux with Slackware (7.1), hence a habit of
configuring my system with Vi rather than some configuration helpers.
Even if they do the job as good, it's just a matter of personal taste
and habits.
--
Dyslexics have more fnu.
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