Configuration Files - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION 11-05-2007 Installation Manual

Configura- Command
tion Stage
Interface
getcfg
Interface
if{up,down,status}
More information about hotplug and persistent device names is available in
Dynamic Kernel Device Management with udev

30.6.1 Configuration Files

This section provides an overview of the network configuration files and explains their
purpose and the format used.
/etc/syconfig/hardware/hwcfg-*
These files contain the hardware configurations of network cards and other devices.
They contain the needed parameters, such as the kernel module, start mode, and script
associations. Refer to the manual page of hwup for details. Regardless of the existing
hardware, the hwcfg-static-* configurations are applied when coldplug is started.
/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-*
These files contain the configurations for network interface. They include information
such as the start mode and the IP address. Possible parameters are described in the
manual page of ifup. Additionally, all variables from the files dhcp, wireless,
and config can be used in the ifcfg-* files if a general setting should be used for
only one interface.
Function
getcfg can be used to query the inter-
face name associated with a configuration
name or a hardware description. More
information is available in the manual
page of getcfg.
The if* scripts start existing network
interfaces or return the status of the
specified interface. More information is
available in the manual page of ifup.
(page 461).
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