Re: [Trinux-talk] tux/config -or- /etc ?

[Matthew F. <mf...@ci...>]

Sorry the documentation is so poor. Most people (including myself)
consider it a pain to muck with the initrd (more specifically to edit
linuxrc).  


if you look in /sbin/net-start you'll see the following files are used:

/etc/tux/config/gateway        - this is default route
/etc/tux/config/dns            - dns server (I think only one)
/etc/tux/config/eth[012...]    - ip netmask|dhcp

To allow customization without manually editing the linuxrc there are
several files within /etc/tux/init/ that you can put in commands you want
executed

root@mfranz-ppro:/trinux/initrd/working# grep "tux/init" linuxrc  
chmod a+x /etc/tux/init/first 2> /dev/null
if [  -x /etc/tux/init/first ]
        . /etc/tux/init/first
chmod a+x /etc/tux/init/prenet 2> /dev/null
if [  -x /etc/tux/init/prenet ]
        . /etc/tux/init/prenet
if [  -x /etc/tux/init/postnet ]
        chmod a+x /etc/tux/init/postnet 2> /dev/null
        . /etc/tux/init/postnet
chmod a+x /etc/tux/init/prepkg 2> /dev/null
if [  -x /etc/tux/init/prepkg ]
        . /etc/tux/init/prepkg
chmod a+x /etc/tux/init/last 2> /dev/null
if [  -x /etc/tux/init/last ]
        . /etc/tux/init/last


I usually add routes or other stuff like firewall rules to
/etc/tux/init/last or sometimes interfaces. I don't manually change the
initrd, but I do use the other hacks.

- mdf



> I know that 5sep02.iso is early in development so
> some changes may be undocumented.
> 
> My question relates to how best config networking.
> Right now I am doing it manually by adding the necessary
> components with ifconfig; route add; editing /etc/resolv.conf
> and /etc/hosts. I know there is a setup in the tux/config
> area for this purpose already. So which is better? Should
> I edit the files in initrd if I know they will be static or
> do something with tux/config?
> 
> Just curious, what is the reasoning for having the tux/
> config setup in the distrib as opposed to editing initrd directly? User
> friendliness?
>