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.