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| 9 | <sections> |
9 | <sections> |
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| 11 | <abstract> |
11 | <abstract> |
| 12 | You need to edit some important configuration files. In this chapter |
12 | You need to edit some important configuration files. In this chapter |
| 13 | you receive an overview of these files and an explanation on how to |
13 | you receive an overview of these files and an explanation on how to |
| 14 | proceed. |
14 | proceed. |
| 15 | </abstract> |
15 | </abstract> |
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16 | |
| 17 | <version>9.5</version> |
17 | <version>10</version> |
| 18 | <date>2010-05-14</date> |
18 | <date>2011-08-02</date> |
| 19 | |
19 | |
| 20 | <section> |
20 | <section> |
| 21 | <title>Filesystem Information</title> |
21 | <title>Filesystem Information</title> |
| 22 | <subsection> |
22 | <subsection> |
| 23 | <title>What is fstab?</title> |
23 | <title>What is fstab?</title> |
| 24 | <body> |
24 | <body> |
| 25 | |
25 | |
| 26 | <p> |
26 | <p> |
| 27 | Under Linux, all partitions used by the system must be listed in |
27 | Under Linux, all partitions used by the system must be listed in |
| 28 | <path>/etc/fstab</path>. This file contains the mount points of those partitions |
28 | <path>/etc/fstab</path>. This file contains the mount points of those partitions |
| 29 | (where they are seen in the file system structure), how they should be mounted |
29 | (where they are seen in the file system structure), how they should be mounted |
| 30 | and with what special options (automatically or not, whether users can mount |
30 | and with what special options (automatically or not, whether users can mount |
| 31 | them or not, etc.) |
31 | them or not, etc.) |
| 32 | </p> |
32 | </p> |
| 33 | |
33 | |
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| 337 | Now save the configuration and exit to continue. |
337 | Now save the configuration and exit to continue. |
| 338 | </p> |
338 | </p> |
| 339 | |
339 | |
| 340 | </body> |
340 | </body> |
| 341 | </subsection> |
341 | </subsection> |
| 342 | <subsection> |
342 | <subsection> |
| 343 | <title>Automatically Start Networking at Boot</title> |
343 | <title>Automatically Start Networking at Boot</title> |
| 344 | <body> |
344 | <body> |
| 345 | |
345 | |
| 346 | <p> |
346 | <p> |
| 347 | To have your network interfaces activated at boot, you need to add them to the |
347 | To have your network interfaces activated at boot, you need to add them to the |
| 348 | default runlevel. |
348 | default runlevel. |
| 349 | </p> |
349 | </p> |
| 350 | |
350 | |
| 351 | <pre caption="Adding net.eth0 to the default runlevel"> |
351 | <pre caption="Adding net.eth0 to the default runlevel"> |
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352 | # <i>cd /etc/init.d</i> |
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353 | # <i>ln -s net.lo net.eth0</i> |
| 352 | # <i>rc-update add net.eth0 default</i> |
354 | # <i>rc-update add net.eth0 default</i> |
| 353 | </pre> |
355 | </pre> |
| 354 | |
356 | |
| 355 | <p> |
357 | <p> |
| 356 | If you have several network interfaces, you need to create the appropriate |
358 | If you have several network interfaces, you need to create the appropriate |
| 357 | <path>net.eth1</path>, <path>net.eth2</path> etc. initscripts for those. You can |
359 | <path>net.eth1</path>, <path>net.eth2</path> etc. just like you did with |
| 358 | use <c>ln</c> to do this: |
360 | <path>net.eth0</path>. |
| 359 | </p> |
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| 361 | <pre caption="Creating extra initscripts"> |
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| 362 | # <i>cd /etc/init.d</i> |
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| 363 | # <i>ln -s net.lo net.eth1</i> |
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| 364 | # <i>rc-update add net.eth1 default</i> |
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| 365 | </pre> |
361 | </p> |
| 366 | |
362 | |
| 367 | </body> |
363 | </body> |
| 368 | </subsection> |
364 | </subsection> |
| 369 | <subsection> |
365 | <subsection> |
| 370 | <title>Writing Down Network Information</title> |
366 | <title>Writing Down Network Information</title> |
| 371 | <body> |
367 | <body> |
| 372 | |
368 | |
| 373 | <p> |
369 | <p> |
| 374 | You now need to inform Linux about your network. This is defined in |
370 | You now need to inform Linux about your network. This is defined in |
| 375 | <path>/etc/hosts</path> and helps in resolving host names to IP addresses for |
371 | <path>/etc/hosts</path> and helps in resolving host names to IP addresses for |
| 376 | hosts that aren't resolved by your nameserver. You need to define your system. |
372 | hosts that aren't resolved by your nameserver. You need to define your system. |
| 377 | You may also want to define other systems on your network if you don't want to |
373 | You may also want to define other systems on your network if you don't want to |
| 378 | set up your own internal DNS system. |
374 | set up your own internal DNS system. |
| 379 | </p> |
375 | </p> |
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