4.2 A Glance at /etc
4.2 A Glance at /etc
Most configuration files on a Linux system are in /etc, and because there are so many packages on a Unix system, /etc accumulates files quickly. This makes it hard to see what actually matters to a running system.
In previous chapters, you saw files like inittab and fstab for booting the system. Table 4-1 identifies those and other critical configuration files and where they are discussed in the book.
|
File |
Function |
Section |
|---|---|---|
|
fstab |
Filesystems |
2.4.6 |
|
group |
User management |
4.3.2 |
|
init.d |
Boot sequence |
3.1.3 |
|
inittab |
Boot sequence |
3.1.1 |
|
ld.so.cache |
Shared libraries |
8.1.4 |
|
ld.so.conf |
Shared libraries |
8.1.4 |
|
passwd |
User management |
4.3 |
|
rc*.d |
Boot sequence |
3.1.2 |
|
shadow |
User management |
4.3 |
