Debian 3.1

[Matthew Carpenter]

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David Bandel wrote:

> On 6/13/05, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote: [snip]
>
>>> So just what exactly are you talking about?
>>
>> Distro specific configuration files. named.conf isn't distro
>> specific, its for named (obviously). Try setting up a network
>> configuration in Debian the same as Redhat and you'll end up with
>> a box whose NIC never does anything.
>
>
> It's rather _obvious_ that Debian doesn't have an
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory. Neither does Slackware.
> And about 30 seconds reading the init scripts tells me where
> everything is. And if I can't find the init scripts, inittab tells
> me where to look for them. This is not rocket science, just follow
> the boot-up process.
>
> (Note: it's been several years since I've looked at RH, so I might
> be off a bit, but give me 90 secodns with an RH box and I can tell
> you exactly where everything is) In Debian derivatives look in:
> /etc/network/interfaces In RH and drerivatives:
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* In Slackware:
> /etc/rc.d/rc.inet2
>
> Why do you have to make things difficult that aren't?
>
> Now I can see how you'd be confused in (it's either AIX or HP-UX)
> systems that have the init.d directory below /sbin, but only until
> you glanced at /etc/inittab.

True, but the fact is, Debian and RPM-distros are significantly laid
out differently.  I don't care, it's as you said.  If you know what
you're looking for, you can generally find it quickly.
However:
    Runlevel 2 by default
    /etc/network/interfaces
    /etc/default
    /etc/conf.d/
    etc...

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