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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070525/3b2f581b/attachment-0005.sig>