[CentOS] Questions about network configuration
Ralph Angenendt
ra+centos at br-online.de
Fri May 25 10:19:04 UTC 2007
Niki Kovacs wrote:
> 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...)
That can be safely switched off, yes.
> HOSTNAME=... -> this looks like a redundancy with information provided
> in /etc/hosts. So what is it for? Can it be left out?
NO. There are probably several parts of the system relying on the
hostname of your machine to be in that file.
> 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?
This is the *default* gateway, which should be referenced here.
Cheers,
Ralph
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