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3.7.1.21.

/etc/sysconfig/named

The

/etc/sysconfig/named

file is used to pass arguments to the

named

daemon at boot time.

The

named

daemon is a Domain Name System (DNS) server which implements the Berkeley Internet

Name Domain (BIND) version 9 distribution. This server maintains a table of which hostnames are

associated with IP addresses on the network.

Currently, only the following values may be used:

  ROOTDIR=" /some/where "

, where

/some/where

refers to the full directory path of a con 

figured chroot environment under which

named

will run. This chroot environment must first be

configured. Type

info chroot

for more information on how to do this.

  OPTIONS=" value "

, where

value

any option listed in the man page for

named

except  t.

In place of  t, use the

ROOTDIR

line above instead.

For more information about what parameters you can use in this file, type

man named

. For detailed

information on how to configure a BIND DNS server, see Chapter 16. By default, the file contains no

parameters.

3.7.1.22.

/etc/sysconfig/netdump

The

/etc/sysconfig/netdump

file is the configuration file for the

/etc/init.d/netdump

ser 

vice. The

netdump

service sends both oops data and memory dumps over the network. In general,

netdump

is not a required service, so you should only run it if you absolutely need to. For more

information about what parameters you can use in this file, type

man netdump

.

3.7.1.23.

/etc/sysconfig/network

The

/etc/sysconfig/network

file is used to specify information about the desired network con 

figuration. The following values may be used:

  NETWORKING= value

, where

value

is one of the following boolean values:

yes

  Networking should be configured.

no

  Networking should not be configured.

  HOSTNAME= value

, where

value

should be the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN),

such as

hostname.domain.com

, but can be whatever hostname you want.

Note

For compatibility with older software that people might install (such as trn), the /etc/HOSTNAME

file should contain the same value as here.

  GATEWAY= value

, where

value

is the IP address of the network's gateway.

  GATEWAYDEV= value

, where

value

is the gateway device, such as

eth0

.

  NISDOMAIN= value

, where

value

is the NIS domain name.