Francois Jeanmougin wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 11:24:57AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Obj: Basic network configuration.
> > The candidate should be able to: configure a network device to be
> > able to connect to a local network, connect to a wide-area network,
> > communicate between various subnets within a single network, and
> > configure logging.
> > Includes tools and files such as:
> > * /sbin/route
> > * /sbin/ifconfig
> > * /sbin/arp
> > * /usr/sbin/arpwatch
> > * /etc/sysconfig/network
> > * /etc/sysconfig/static-routes
> > * /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
>
> /etc/sysconfig is distribution specific (not present on my
> Debian nor in FHS2.2, nor in LSB).
/etc/sysconfig/ is specific to RH-type distros (RH, Caldera, Mandrake,
and IIRC, SuSE). Debian has this information in various files and
subdirs in /etc. But it's prevalent enough (IMHO).
Which brings up a point. When I have a distro I'm looking at for the
first time, I first look at /etc/inittab to see what it calls as bootup
scripts.
Then I take a look at the rc scripts it calls to see how the boot
proceeds to completion looking at one or two of the
/etc/[rc.d/]init.d/xxx scripts (or in the case of Slackware types,
/etc/rc.d/rc.S, rc.K, rc.M, rc.inet, rc.inet2.
Now, within 5 minutes or so, I know enough about how that system boots
up to know about all the little hidey-holes the distro designers used to
squirrel away eth0=$IP, GATEWAY=$IP, and how to make certain things
run/not run at bootup (aside from the brute force remove the rc3/4/5.d
link. I know how to make Debian (which is almost _always_ in runlevel
2) start xdm (/etc/X11/config) etc.
At this level, these are the kinds of things I think we should start
covering. These guys/gals have to be able to do this. Given a few
lines from inittab, choose what will happen from the choices below.
>From the given lines of this rc script, what will happen? Where are the
variables read from? What script/action follows?
I didn't get a reply on my question about if this was the final level
before specialization exams or not (I remember changes being discussed
at one point). Perhaps I'm shooting too high here?
Ciao,
David A. Bandel
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