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authorBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2008-06-03 21:51:14 +0000
committerBruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>2008-06-03 21:51:14 +0000
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Moved bootscripts and udev-config to BOOK
Updated Makefile to automatically generate bootscript and udev-config tarballs Updated licesnse to be the same as BLFS git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8548 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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+Network Configuration:
+ Script Files:
+ rc.d/init.d/network
+ sysconfig/network-devices/ifup
+ sysconfig/network-devices/ifdown
+ sysconfig/network-devices/services/*
+
+ Configuration Files:
+ sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.*/*
+ Note: ifconfig.* could be either a file or directory,
+ but the filename extention must be the same name
+ as the network interface you wish it to belong to.
+ The files within the directory will be processed
+ in alphanumerical order on boot, and reversed on
+ shutdown.
+ - SERVICE: which script to run in services directory.
+ - ONBOOT: if set to yes, this interface will be started on
+ bootup, and stopped on shutdown
+ - ONHOTPLUG: if set to yes, this interface will be started
+ and stopped on hotplug events. This requires
+ ifup and ifdown symlinked to /sbin, as well
+ as the hotplug package
+
+ sysconfig/network
+ - HOSTNAME: Value of the system's hostname
+
+ Additional Configuration:
+ sysconfig/network-devices/ifconfig.*
+ ipv4-static:
+ - IP: static IP Address
+ - GATEWAY: Specifies the IP Address of the gateway server
+ - PREFIX: CIDR prefix of IP Address, defaults to 24 if not set
+ - PEER: IP Address of peer (for point-to-point connections and tunnels)
+ - BROADCAST: broadcast address
+ ipv4-static-route:
+ - TYPE: network (default type if not specified), default, host or
+ unreachable
+ - IP: IP Address of target (for network, host and unreachable)
+ - PREFIX: CIDR prefix of target (for network, host and unreachable)
+ - GATEWAY: IP Address of gateway to reach target (for network and default)
+
+
+SetClock configuration:
+ Script Files:
+ rc.d/init.d/setclock
+
+ Configuration Files:
+ sysconfig/clock
+ - UTC: 1 assumes hwclock is in UTC
+ 0 assumes hwclock is in local time
+
+CleanFS configuration:
+ Script Files:
+ rc.d/init.d/cleanfs
+
+ Configuration Files:
+ /etc/sysconfig/createfiles
+ Each line is parsed, using space as a deliminator.
+ [NAME] [TYPE] [PERMISSIONS] [USER] [GROUP]
+ The below fields are currently only used on dev type.
+ ([DEV TYPE] [MAJOR#] [MINOR#])
+ Name:
+ File/Directory/Device name
+ Type:
+ dir: creates a directory
+ file: creates a file
+ dev: creates a device
+ Permissions:
+ chmod the created file
+ User/Group:
+ chown the created file/dir to this user/group
+ Dev Type:
+ char: character [needs MAJOR#, MINOR#]
+ block: block [needs MAJOR#, MINOR#]
+ pipe: pipe
+ Major#:
+ Used by character and block devices.
+ Minor#:
+ Used by character and block devices.