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Chapter 4 . Learning Basic Administration 137 Table 4-1 /etc Configuration Files of Interest File Description aliases Can contain distribution lists used by the Linux mail service. (This file may be located in /etc/mail.) bashrc Sets system-wide defaults for bash shell users. (This may be called bash.bashrc on some Linux distributions.) crontab Sets cron environment and times for running automated tasks. csh.cshrc Sets system-wide defaults for csh (C shell) users. (or cshrc) exports Contains a list of local directories that are available to be shared by remote computers using the Network File System (NFS). fstab Identifies the devices for common storage media (hard disk, floppy, CD-ROM, and so on) and locations where they are mounted in the Linux system. This is used by the mount command to choose which file systems to mount when the system first boots. group Identifies group names and group IDs (GIDs) that are defined on the systems. Group permissions in Linux are defined by the second of three sets of rwx (read, write, execute) bits associated with each file and directory. gshadow Contains shadow passwords for groups. host.conf Sets the locations in which domain names (for example, redhat.com) are searched for on TCP/IP networks (such as the Internet). By default, the local hosts file is searched and then any name server entries in resolv.conf. hosts Contains IP addresses and host names that you can reach from your computer. (Usually this file is used just to store names of computers on your LAN or small private network.) hosts.allow Lists host computers that are allowed to use certain TCP/IP services from the local computer. hosts.deny Lists host computers that are not allowed to use certain TCP/IP services from the local computer (although this file will be used if you create it, it doesn t exist by default). inittab Contains information that defines which programs start and stop when Linux boots, shuts down, or goes into different states in between. This is the most basic configuration file for starting Linux. lilo.conf Sets Linux boot loader (lilo) parameters to boot the computer. In particular, it lists information about bootable partitions on your computer. (If your distribution uses the GRUB boot loader, you may not see this file.) Continued
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