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2 | <section> |
| 3 | <title>Timezone</title> |
3 | <title>Timezone</title> |
| 4 | <body> |
4 | <body> |
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| 6 | <p> |
6 | <p> |
| 7 | <path>/etc/localtime</path>. |
7 | You now need to select your timezone so that your system knows where it is |
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8 | located. Look for your timezone in <path>/usr/share/zoneinfo</path>, then make a |
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9 | symlink to <path>/etc/localtime</path> using <c>ln</c>: |
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10 | </p> |
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12 | <pre caption="Setting the timezone information"> |
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13 | # <i>ls /usr/share/zoneinfo</i> |
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14 | <comment>(Suppose you want to use GTM:)</comment> |
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15 | # <i>ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/GMT /etc/localtime</i> |
| 8 | </p> |
16 | </pre> |
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18 | </body> |
| 11 | </section> |
19 | </section> |
| 12 | <section> |
20 | <section> |
| 13 | <title>Filesystem Information</title> |
21 | <title>Filesystem Information</title> |
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22 | <subsection> |
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23 | <title>What is fstab?</title> |
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24 | <body> |
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26 | <p> |
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27 | Under Linux, all partitions used by the system must be listed in |
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28 | <path>/etc/fstab</path>. This file contains the mountpoints of those partitions |
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29 | (where they are seen in the file system structure), how they should be mounted |
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30 | (special options) and when (automatically or not, can users mount those or not, |
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31 | etc.). |
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32 | </p> |
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33 | |
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34 | </body> |
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35 | </subsection> |
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36 | <subsection> |
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37 | <title>Creating /etc/fstab</title> |
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38 | <body> |
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40 | <p> |
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41 | <path>/etc/fstab</path> uses a special syntaxis. Every line consists of six |
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42 | fields, seperated by whitespace (space(s), tabs or a mixture). Each field has |
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43 | its own meaning: |
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44 | </p> |
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45 | |
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46 | <ul> |
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47 | <li> |
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48 | The first field shows the <b>partition</b> described (the path to the device |
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49 | file) |
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50 | </li> |
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51 | <li> |
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52 | The second field shows the <b>mountpoint</b> at which the partition should be |
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53 | mounted |
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54 | </li> |
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55 | <li> |
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56 | The third field shows the <b>filesystem</b> used by the partition |
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57 | </li> |
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58 | <li> |
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59 | The fourth field shows the <b>mountoptions</b> used by <c>mount</c> when it |
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60 | wants to mount the partition. As every filesystem has its own mountoptions, |
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61 | you are encouraged to read the mount manpage (<c>man mount</c>) for a full |
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62 | listing. Multiple mountoptions are comma-seperated. |
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63 | </li> |
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64 | <li> |
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65 | The fifth field is used by <c>dump</c> to determine if the partition needs to |
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66 | be <b>dump</b>ed or not. You can generally leave this as <c>0</c> (zero). |
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67 | </li> |
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68 | <li> |
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69 | The sixth field is used by <c>fsck</c> the order in which filesystems should |
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70 | be <b>check</b>ed if the system wasn't shut down properly. The root filesystem |
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71 | should have <c>1</c> while the rest should have <c>2</c> (or <c>0</c> in case |
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72 | a filesystem check isn't necessary). |
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73 | </li> |
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74 | </ul> |
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75 | |
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76 | <p> |
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77 | So start <c>nano</c> (or your favorite editor) to create your |
| 17 | <path>/etc/fstab</path> |
78 | <path>/etc/fstab</path>: |
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79 | </p> |
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80 | |
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81 | <pre caption="Opening /etc/fstab"> |
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82 | # <i>nano -w /etc/fstab</i> |
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83 | </pre> |
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84 | |
| 18 | </p> |
85 | <p> |
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86 | Lets take a look at how we write down the options for the <path>/boot</path> |
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87 | partition. This is just an example, so if your architecture doesn't require a |
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88 | <path>/boot</path> partition, don't copy it verbatim. |
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89 | </p> |
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90 | |
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91 | <p> |
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92 | In our default x86 partitioning example <path>/boot</path> is the |
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93 | <path>/dev/hda1</path> partition, with <c>ext2</c> as filesystem. It shouldn't |
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94 | be mounted automatically (<c>noauto</c>) but does need to be checked. So we |
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95 | would write down: |
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96 | </p> |
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97 | |
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98 | <pre caption="An example /boot line for /etc/fstab"> |
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99 | /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 noauto 1 2 |
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100 | </pre> |
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101 | |
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102 | <p> |
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103 | Now, to improve performance, most users would want to add the <c>noatime</c> |
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104 | option as mountoption, which results in a faster system since access times |
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105 | aren't registered (you don't need those generally anyway): |
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106 | </p> |
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107 | |
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108 | <pre caption="An improved /boot line for /etc/fstab"> |
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109 | /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 |
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110 | </pre> |
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111 | |
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112 | <p> |
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113 | If we continue with this, we would end up with the following three lines (for |
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114 | <path>/boot</path>, <path>/</path> and the swap partition): |
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115 | </p> |
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116 | |
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117 | <pre caption="Three /etc/fstab lines"> |
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118 | /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 |
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119 | /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0 |
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120 | /dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
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121 | </pre> |
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122 | |
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123 | <p> |
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124 | To finish up, you should add a rule for <path>/proc</path>, <c>tmpfs</c> |
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125 | (required) and for your CD-ROM drive (and ofcourse, if you have other |
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126 | partitions or drives, for those too): |
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127 | </p> |
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128 | |
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129 | <pre caption="A full /etc/fstab example"> |
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130 | /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 |
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131 | /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0 |
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132 | /dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
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133 | |
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134 | none /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
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135 | none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 |
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136 | |
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137 | /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0 |
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138 | </pre> |
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139 | |
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140 | <p> |
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141 | <c>auto</c> makes <c>mount</c> guess for the filesystem (recommended for |
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142 | removable media as they can be created with one of many filesystems) and |
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143 | <c>user</c> makes it possible for non-root users to mount the CD. |
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144 | </p> |
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145 | |
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146 | <p> |
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147 | Now use the above example to create your <path>/etc/fstab</path>. If you are a |
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148 | SPARC-user, you should add the following line to your <path>/etc/fstab</path> |
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149 | too: |
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150 | </p> |
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152 | <pre caption="Adding openprom filesystem to /etc/fstab"> |
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153 | none /proc/openprom openpromfs defaults 0 0 |
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154 | </pre> |
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155 | |
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156 | <p> |
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157 | Reread your <path>/etc/fstab</path>, save and quit to continue. |
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158 | </p> |
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159 | |
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160 | </body> |
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161 | </subsection> |
| 21 | </section> |
162 | </section> |
| 22 | <section> |
163 | <section> |
| 23 | <title>Networking Information</title> |
164 | <title>Networking Information</title> |
| 24 | <body> |
165 | <subsection> |
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166 | <title>Hostname, Domainname etc.</title> |
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| 27 | <path>/etc/conf.d/net</path>, <c>rc-update add net.eth0</c>, |
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| 28 | PCMCIA-information etc. |
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| 29 | </p> |
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167 | <body> |
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168 | |
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169 | <p> |
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170 | One of the choices the user has to make is name his PC. This seems to be quite |
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171 | easy, but <e>lots</e> of users are having difficulties finding the appropriate |
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172 | name for their Linux-pc. To speed things up, know that any name you choose can |
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173 | be changed afterwards. For all we care, you can just call your system |
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174 | <c>tux</c> and domain <c>homenetwork</c>. |
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175 | </p> |
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176 | |
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177 | <p> |
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178 | We use these values in the next examples. First we set the hostname: |
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179 | </p> |
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180 | |
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181 | <pre caption="Setting the hostname"> |
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182 | # <i>echo tux > /etc/hostname</i> |
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183 | </pre> |
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184 | |
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185 | <p> |
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186 | Second we set the domainname: |
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187 | </p> |
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188 | |
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189 | <pre caption="Setting the domainname"> |
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190 | # <i>echo homenetwork > /etc/dnsdomainname</i> |
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191 | </pre> |
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192 | |
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193 | <p> |
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194 | If you have a NIS domain (if you don't know what that is, then you don't have |
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195 | one), you need to define that one too: |
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196 | </p> |
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197 | |
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198 | <pre caption="Setting the NIS domainname"> |
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199 | # <i>echo nis.homenetwork > /etc/nisdomainname</i> |
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200 | </pre> |
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201 | |
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202 | </body> |
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203 | </subsection> |
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204 | <subsection> |
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205 | <title>Configuring your Network</title> |
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206 | <body> |
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207 | |
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208 | <p> |
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209 | Before you get that "Hey, we've had that already"-feeling, you should remember |
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210 | that the networking you set up in the beginning of the gentoo installation was |
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211 | just for the installation. Right now you are going to configure networking for |
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212 | your Gentoo system permanently. |
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213 | </p> |
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214 | |
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215 | <p> |
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216 | All networking information is gathered in <path>/etc/conf.d/net</path>. It uses |
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217 | a straightforward yet not intuitive syntax if you don't know how to setup |
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218 | networking manually. But don't fear, we'll explain everything :) |
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219 | </p> |
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220 | |
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221 | <p> |
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222 | First open <path>/etc/conf.d/net</path> with your favorite editor (<c>nano</c> |
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223 | is used in this example): |
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224 | </p> |
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225 | |
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226 | <pre caption="Opening /etc/conf.d/net for editing"> |
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227 | # <i>nano -w /etc/conf.d/net</i> |
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228 | </pre> |
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229 | |
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230 | <p> |
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231 | The first variable you'll find is <c>iface_eth0</c>. It uses the following |
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232 | syntax: |
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233 | </p> |
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234 | |
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235 | <pre caption="iface_eth0 syntaxis"> |
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236 | iface_eth0="<i><your ip address></i> broadcast <i><your broadcast address></i> netmask <i><your netmask></i>" |
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237 | </pre> |
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238 | |
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239 | <p> |
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240 | If you use DHCP (automatic IP retrieval), you should just set <c>iface_eth0</c> |
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241 | to <c>dhcp</c>. However, if you need to setup your network manually and you're |
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242 | not familiar with all the above terms, please read the section on <uri |
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243 | link="?part=1&chap=3#doc_chap4_sect3">Understanding Network |
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244 | Terminology</uri> if you haven't done so already. |
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245 | </p> |
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246 | |
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247 | <p> |
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248 | So lets give two examples; the first one uses DHCP, the second one a static IP |
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249 | (192.168.0.2) with netmask 255.255.255.0, broadcast 192.168.0.255 and gateway |
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250 | 192.168.0.1: |
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251 | </p> |
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252 | |
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253 | <pre caption="Examples for /etc/conf.d/net"> |
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254 | <comment>(For DHCP:)</comment> |
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255 | iface_eth0="dhcp" |
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256 | |
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257 | <comment>(For static IP:)</comment> |
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258 | iface_eth0="192.168.0.2 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0" |
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259 | gateway="eth0/192.168.0.1" |
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260 | </pre> |
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261 | |
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262 | <p> |
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263 | If you have several network interfaces, create extra <c>iface_eth</c> variables, |
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264 | like <c>iface_eth1</c>, <c>iface_eth2</c> etc. The <c>gateway</c> variable |
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265 | shouldn't be reproduced as you can only set one gateway per computer. |
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266 | </p> |
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267 | |
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268 | <p> |
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269 | Now save the configuration and exit to continue. |
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270 | </p> |
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271 | |
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272 | </body> |
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273 | </subsection> |
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274 | <subsection> |
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275 | <title>Automatically Start Networking at Boot</title> |
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276 | <body> |
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277 | |
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278 | <p> |
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279 | To have your network interfaces activated at boot, you need to add those to the |
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280 | default runlevel. If you have PCMCIA interfaces you should skip this action as |
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281 | the PCMCIA interfaces are started by the PCMCIA init script. |
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282 | </p> |
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283 | |
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284 | <pre caption="Adding net.eth0 to the default runlevel"> |
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285 | # <i>rc-update add net.eth0 default</i> |
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286 | </pre> |
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287 | |
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288 | <p> |
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289 | If you have several network interfaces, you need to create the appropriate |
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290 | <path>net.eth1</path>, <path>net.eth2</path> etc. initscripts for those. You can |
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291 | use <c>ln</c> to do this: |
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292 | </p> |
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293 | |
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294 | <pre caption="Creating extra initscripts"> |
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295 | # <i>cd /etc/init.d</i> |
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296 | # <i>ln -s net.eth0 net.eth1</i> |
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297 | # <i>rc-update add net.eth1 default</i> |
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298 | </pre> |
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299 | |
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300 | </body> |
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301 | </subsection> |
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302 | <subsection> |
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303 | <title>Writing Down Network Information</title> |
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304 | <body> |
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305 | |
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306 | <p> |
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307 | You now need to inform Linux about your network. This is defined in |
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308 | <path>/etc/hosts</path> and helps in resolving hostnames to IP addresses |
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309 | for hosts that aren't resolved by your nameserver. For instance, if your |
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310 | internal network consists of three PCs called <c>jenny</c> (192.168.0.5), |
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311 | <c>benny</c> (192.168.0.6) and <c>tux</c> (this system) you would |
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312 | open <path>/etc/hosts</path> and fill in the values: |
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313 | </p> |
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314 | |
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315 | <pre caption="Opening /etc/hosts"> |
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316 | # <i>nano -w /etc/hosts</i> |
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317 | </pre> |
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318 | |
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319 | <pre caption="Filling in the networking information"> |
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320 | 127.0.0.1 localhost tux |
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321 | 192.168.0.5 jenny |
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322 | 192.168.0.56 benny |
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323 | </pre> |
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324 | |
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325 | <p> |
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326 | If your system is the only system (or the nameservers handle all name |
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327 | resolution) a single line is sufficient: |
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328 | </p> |
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329 | |
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330 | <pre caption="/etc/hosts for lonely or fully integrated PCs"> |
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331 | 127.0.0.1 localhost tux |
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332 | </pre> |
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333 | |
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334 | <p> |
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335 | Save and exit the editor to continue. |
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336 | </p> |
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337 | |
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338 | <p> |
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339 | If you don't have PCMCIA, you can now continue with <uri |
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340 | link="#doc_chap4">System Information</uri>. PCMCIA-users should read the |
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341 | following topic on PCMCIA. |
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342 | </p> |
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343 | |
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344 | </body> |
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345 | </subsection> |
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346 | <subsection> |
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347 | <title>Optional: Get PCMCIA Working</title> |
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348 | <body> |
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349 | |
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350 | <p> |
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351 | PCMCIA-users should first install the <c>pcmcia-cs</c> package: |
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352 | </p> |
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353 | |
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354 | <pre caption="Installing pcmcia-cs"> |
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355 | # <i>emerge -k pcmcia-cs</i> |
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356 | </pre> |
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357 | |
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358 | <p> |
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359 | When <c>pcmcia-cs</c> is installed, add <c>pcmcia</c> to the <e>boot</e> |
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360 | runlevel: |
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361 | </p> |
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362 | |
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363 | <pre caption="Adding pcmcia to the default runlevel"> |
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364 | # <i>rc-update add pcmcia boot</i> |
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365 | </pre> |
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366 | |
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367 | </body> |
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368 | </subsection> |
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369 | </section> |
| 33 | <section> |
370 | <section> |
| 34 | <title>System Information</title> |
371 | <title>System Information</title> |
| 35 | <body> |
372 | <body> |
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373 | |
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374 | <p> |
| 38 | <path>/etc/rc.conf</path> |
375 | Gentoo uses <path>/etc/rc.conf</path> for general, system-wide configuration. |
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376 | Open up <path>/etc/rc.conf</path> and enjoy all the comments in that file :) |
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377 | </p> |
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378 | |
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379 | <pre caption="Opening /etc/rc.conf"> |
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380 | # <i>nano -w /etc/rc.conf</i> |
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381 | </pre> |
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382 | |
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383 | <p> |
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384 | As you can see, this file is well commented to help you set up the necessary |
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385 | configuration variables. When you're finished configuring |
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386 | <path>/etc/rc.conf</path>, save and exit to continue. |
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387 | </p> |
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388 | |
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389 | </body> |
| 42 | </section> |
390 | </section> |
| 43 | </sections> |
391 | </sections> |
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