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netc</H2>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in">This option contains
values used to configure the network parameters for the target
computer. The general form is as follows:</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'NETWORKING'
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'FORWARD_IPV4'
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'HOSTNAME'
=> 'linux-dev.eastcott.net',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'DOMAINNAME'
=> 'eastcott.net',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'GATEWAY' =>
'192.168.5.254',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'GATEWAYDEV'
=> 'eth0',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'dnsServer'
=> '24.64.8.1',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'dnsServer2'
=> '24.64.8.2',</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'dnsServer3'
=> undef,</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'NISDOMAIN'
=> undef,</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'LDAPDOMAIN'
=> undef,</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western">},</P>
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<P CLASS="headings-special-western">Descriptions:</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'NETWORKING'</FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">set to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'yes'</FONT>
if this machine is network connected, otherwise it is set to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'no'</FONT>
and remove any other entries .</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'FORWARD_IPV4' </FONT>
</P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">set to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'true'</FONT>
if IP forwarding between interfaces is required, otherwise it
should be set to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'false'</FONT>.</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'HOSTNAME'</FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">fully qualified host
name for the target computer. This is not required if supplied
via a DHCP server. See <A HREF="section4-13.html#intf"><B><I>'intf'</I></B></A>
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">DHCP_HOSTNAME </FONT>and
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">NEEDHOSTNAME</FONT>.</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'DOMAINNAME'</FONT></P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">domain name for the
target computer. This is not required if supplied via a DHCP
server.
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<P CLASS="western">Since this variable is <B>NOT</B> placed in the
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/sysconfig/network</FONT>
file, there are a few things you should be aware of:</P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in">if your interfaces
are set for static addresses, then the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">domainname</FONT>
command returns a NULL value.</P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in">if you have an
internal static network or your internal network has a unique
(personal domain name) and you are using DHCP on one or more
interfaces, the DHCP client will set the domain name to the value
it receives from the DHCP server.</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'GATEWAY'</FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">IP address for the
machine that processes all non-local IP messages. This is not
required if supplied via a DHCP server.</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'GATEWAYDEV'</FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">device name for the
interface that is to be used to access the gateway machine. This
is not required if supplied via a DHCP server. eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'eth0'</FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'dnsServer'</FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">IP addresses for DNS
server, up to three may be specified. This is not required if
supplied via a DHCP server. See <A HREF="section4-13.html#intf"><B><I>'intf'
</I></B></A><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">PEERDNS</FONT>.</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'dnsServer2'</FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if available, then the
second DNS server's IP address. This is not required if supplied
via a DHCP server. See <A HREF="section4-13.html#intf"><B><I>'intf' </I></B></A><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">PEERDNS</FONT>.</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'dnsServer3'</FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if available, then the
third DNS server's IP address. This is not required if supplied
via a DHCP server. See <A HREF="section4-13.html#intf"><B><I>'intf' </I></B></A><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">PEERDNS</FONT>.</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'NISDOMAIN' </FONT>
</P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if NIS <A HREF="section4-2.html#authentication"><B><I>authentication</I></B></A>
is used, then this contains the NIS domain name, otherwise it is
not required.</P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'LDAPDOMAIN'</FONT></P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if LDAP <A HREF="section4-2.html#authentication"><B><I>authentication</I></B></A>
is being used, then this contains the Base Distinguished Name,
otherwise it is not required. eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'LDAPDOMAIN'
=> 'dc=eastcott,dc=net'</FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'WINDOMAIN'</FONT></P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">if Windows PDC
<A HREF="section4-2.html#authentication"><B><I>authentication</I></B></A> is
being used, then this contains the Windows Domain Name, otherwise
it is not required. <BR>eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'WINDOMAIN'
=> 'EASTCOTT'</FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'DHCP' => 1,</FONT></P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">use if one or more
interfaces have <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'BOOTPROTO' =>
'dhcp' </FONT>and you want the default dhcp client installed and
used. The ISC <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">dhcp-client</FONT>
package is the current default.
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'dhcp_client' </FONT>
</P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">use if you want to
select a specific dhcp client to be installed and used, then set
it to one of: <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'dhcp-client'</FONT>,
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'dhcpcd'</FONT>, <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'dhcpxd'</FONT>
or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'pump'</FONT>. If this
parameter is not specified, then the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">dhcp-client</FONT>
package is installed by default. If more than one dhcp client
package is installed, you should add <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">DHCP_CLIENT=<your
client></FONT> to the associated <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">ifcfg-ethx</FONT>
file.</P>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">You might want to
seriously consider installing the package <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">zcip</FONT>
when using a dhcp client.
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<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'ZEROCONF_HOSTNAME'</FONT></P>
</TD>
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<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">use if your computer
is used in a standalone environment and you are not normally
connected to a network or the internet. It specifies the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">hostname</FONT>
that the package <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">tmdns</FONT> will
manage.</P>
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<P CLASS="headings-special-western">Examples:</P>
<P CLASS="western">See the section <A HREF="section10.html#Network_and_Connection_Examples"><B><I>Network
and Connection Examples</I></B></A> for various examples.</P>
<P CLASS="western">There are a number of things that you can change
to control or fix the operation of your computer (especially if you
are using DHCP), some are referenced in <A HREF="section4-13.html#intf"><B><I>'intf'</I></B></A>
and other's you will have to locate by examining the network control
scripts in <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts</FONT>.
These fine adjustments need to be done either manually or by using
the <A HREF="section4-25.html#postInstall_and_postInstallNonRooted"><B><I>'postinstall'</I></B></A>
option. eg.</P>
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<P CLASS="closecode-western"># fix so that the dhcp client does
NOT update the domain name</P>
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<P CLASS="closecode-western"># received fromt the DHCP server.</P>
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<P CLASS="closecode-western">echo "DOMAINNAME=eastcott.net"
>> /etc/sysconfig/network</P>
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<P CLASS="headings-special-western">Related Option Entries:</P>
<P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-13.html#intf"><B><I>intf</I></B></A>,
<A HREF="section4-2.html#authentication"><B><I>authentication</I></B></A>,
<A HREF="section4-25.html#postInstall_and_postInstallNonRooted"><B><I>postInstall</I></B></A></P>
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