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| 7 | <!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml,v 1.82 2006/09/04 09:11:39 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
7 | <!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-config.xml,v 1.88 2006/11/28 07:40:38 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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| 9 | <sections> |
9 | <sections> |
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11 | <abstract> |
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12 | You need to edit some important configuration files. In this chapter |
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13 | you receive an overview of these files and an explanation on how to |
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14 | proceed. |
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15 | </abstract> |
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| 11 | <version>7.1</version> |
17 | <version>7.6</version> |
| 12 | <date>2006-09-04</date> |
18 | <date>2006-11-27</date> |
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19 | |
| 14 | <section> |
20 | <section> |
| 15 | <title>Filesystem Information</title> |
21 | <title>Filesystem Information</title> |
| 16 | <subsection> |
22 | <subsection> |
| 17 | <title>What is fstab?</title> |
23 | <title>What is fstab?</title> |
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| 131 | <pre caption="A full /etc/fstab example" test="func:keyval('arch')='AMD64' or func:keyval('arch')='x86'"> |
137 | <pre caption="A full /etc/fstab example" test="func:keyval('arch')='AMD64' or func:keyval('arch')='x86'"> |
| 132 | <keyval id="/boot"/> /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2 |
138 | <keyval id="/boot"/> /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2 |
| 133 | /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0 |
139 | /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0 |
| 134 | /dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
140 | /dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
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| 136 | none /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
142 | proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
| 137 | none /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 |
143 | shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 |
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| 139 | /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0 |
145 | /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0 |
| 140 | </pre> |
146 | </pre> |
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| 142 | <pre caption="A full /etc/fstab example" test="func:keyval('arch')='HPPA'"> |
148 | <pre caption="A full /etc/fstab example" test="func:keyval('arch')='HPPA'"> |
| 143 | <keyval id="/boot"/> /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2 |
149 | <keyval id="/boot"/> /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2 |
| 144 | /dev/sda3 none swap sw 0 0 |
150 | /dev/sda3 none swap sw 0 0 |
| 145 | /dev/sda4 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
151 | /dev/sda4 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
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| 147 | none /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
153 | proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
| 148 | none /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 |
154 | shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 |
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| 150 | /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0 |
156 | /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0 |
| 151 | </pre> |
157 | </pre> |
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| 153 | <pre caption="A full /etc/fstab example" test="func:keyval('arch')='Alpha' or func:keyval('arch')='MIPS'"> |
159 | <pre caption="A full /etc/fstab example" test="func:keyval('arch')='Alpha' or func:keyval('arch')='MIPS'"> |
| 154 | <keyval id="/boot"/> /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2 |
160 | <keyval id="/boot"/> /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2 |
| 155 | /dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0 |
161 | /dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0 |
| 156 | /dev/sda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
162 | /dev/sda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
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| 158 | none /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
164 | proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
| 159 | none /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 |
165 | shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 |
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| 161 | /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0 |
167 | /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0 |
| 162 | </pre> |
168 | </pre> |
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| 164 | <pre caption="A full /etc/fstab example" test="func:keyval('arch')='SPARC'"> |
170 | <pre caption="A full /etc/fstab example" test="func:keyval('arch')='SPARC'"> |
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| 166 | /dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0 |
172 | /dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0 |
| 167 | /dev/sda4 /usr ext3 noatime 0 2 |
173 | /dev/sda4 /usr ext3 noatime 0 2 |
| 168 | /dev/sda5 /var ext3 noatime 0 2 |
174 | /dev/sda5 /var ext3 noatime 0 2 |
| 169 | /dev/sda6 /home ext3 noatime 0 2 |
175 | /dev/sda6 /home ext3 noatime 0 2 |
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| 171 | none /proc/openprom openpromfs defaults 0 0 |
177 | openprom /proc/openprom openpromfs defaults 0 0 |
| 172 | none /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
178 | proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
| 173 | none /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 |
179 | shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 |
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| 175 | /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0 |
181 | /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0 |
| 176 | </pre> |
182 | </pre> |
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183 | |
| 178 | <note test="func:keyval('arch')='PPC'"> |
184 | <note test="func:keyval('arch')='PPC'"> |
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| 183 | <pre caption="A full /etc/fstab example" test="func:keyval('arch')='PPC'"> |
189 | <pre caption="A full /etc/fstab example" test="func:keyval('arch')='PPC'"> |
| 184 | /dev/hda4 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
190 | /dev/hda4 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
| 185 | /dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0 |
191 | /dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0 |
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| 187 | none /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
193 | proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
| 188 | none /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 |
194 | shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 |
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| 190 | /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0 |
196 | /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0 |
| 191 | </pre> |
197 | </pre> |
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| 193 | <pre caption="A full /etc/fstab example" test="func:keyval('arch')='PPC64'"> |
199 | <pre caption="A full /etc/fstab example" test="func:keyval('arch')='PPC64'"> |
| 194 | /dev/sda4 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
200 | /dev/sda4 / ext3 noatime 0 1 |
| 195 | /dev/sda3 none swap sw 0 0 |
201 | /dev/sda3 none swap sw 0 0 |
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| 197 | none /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
203 | proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 |
| 198 | none /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 |
204 | shm /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 |
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| 200 | /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0 |
206 | /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,user 0 0 |
| 201 | </pre> |
207 | </pre> |
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209 | <p> |
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| 220 | </subsection> |
226 | </subsection> |
| 221 | </section> |
227 | </section> |
| 222 | <section> |
228 | <section> |
| 223 | <title>Networking Information</title> |
229 | <title>Networking Information</title> |
| 224 | <subsection> |
230 | <subsection> |
| 225 | <title>Host name</title> |
231 | <title>Host name, Domainname, etc</title> |
| 226 | <body> |
232 | <body> |
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| 228 | <p> |
234 | <p> |
| 229 | One of the choices the user has to make is name his/her PC. This seems to be |
235 | One of the choices the user has to make is name his/her PC. This seems to be |
| 230 | quite easy, but <e>lots</e> of users are having difficulties finding the |
236 | quite easy, but <e>lots</e> of users are having difficulties finding the |
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| 239 | <comment>(Set the HOSTNAME variable to your host name)</comment> |
245 | <comment>(Set the HOSTNAME variable to your host name)</comment> |
| 240 | HOSTNAME="<i>tux</i>" |
246 | HOSTNAME="<i>tux</i>" |
| 241 | </pre> |
247 | </pre> |
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249 | <p> |
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250 | Second we set the domainname in <path>/etc/conf.d/net</path>: |
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251 | </p> |
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253 | <pre caption="Setting the domainname"> |
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254 | # <i>nano -w /etc/conf.d/net</i> |
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256 | <comment>(Set the dns_domain variable to your domain name)</comment> |
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257 | dns_domain_lo="<i>homenetwork</i>" |
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258 | </pre> |
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260 | <p> |
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261 | If you have a NIS domain (if you don't know what that is, then you don't have |
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262 | one), you need to define that one too: |
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263 | </p> |
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265 | <pre caption="Setting the NIS domainname"> |
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266 | # <i>nano -w /etc/conf.d/net</i> |
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268 | <comment>(Set the nis_domain variable to your NIS domain name)</comment> |
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269 | nis_domain_lo="<i>my-nisdomain</i>" |
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270 | </pre> |
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272 | <note> |
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273 | For more information on configuring DNS and NIS, please read the examples |
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274 | provided in <path>/etc/conf.d/net.example</path>. Also, you may want to emerge |
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275 | <c>resolvconf-gentoo</c> to help manage your DNS/NIS setup. |
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276 | </note> |
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277 | |
| 243 | </body> |
278 | </body> |
| 244 | </subsection> |
279 | </subsection> |
| 245 | <subsection> |
280 | <subsection> |
| 246 | <title>Configuring your Network</title> |
281 | <title>Configuring your Network</title> |
| 247 | <body> |
282 | <body> |
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| 266 | commented example that covers many different configurations is available in |
301 | commented example that covers many different configurations is available in |
| 267 | <path>/etc/conf.d/net.example</path>. |
302 | <path>/etc/conf.d/net.example</path>. |
| 268 | </p> |
303 | </p> |
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| 270 | <p> |
305 | <p> |
| 271 | DHCP is used by default and does not require any further configuration. |
306 | DHCP is used by default. For DHCP to work, you will need to install a DHCP |
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307 | client. This is described later in <uri |
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308 | link="?part=1&chap=9#networking-tools">Installing Necessary System |
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309 | Tools</uri>. Do not forget to install a DHCP client. |
| 272 | </p> |
310 | </p> |
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| 274 | <p> |
312 | <p> |
| 275 | If you need to configure your network connection either because you need |
313 | If you need to configure your network connection either because you need |
| 276 | specific DHCP options or because you do not use DHCP at all, open |
314 | specific DHCP options or because you do not use DHCP at all, open |
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