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Configuration files

In this section you'll find the configuration files which are touched by KNetworkConf and where they reside in the file system of the different distributions.

resolv.conf

In this file, the list of name servers is stored.

Table 5.2. Where to find resolv.conf

PlatformRelease numberLocation
Conectiva9.2/etc/resolv.conf
Debian3.0/etc/resolv.conf
Fedora Core1/etc/resolv.conf
FreeBSD5/etc/resolv.conf
Gentoo2005.0/etc/resolv.conf
Mandrake9.2/etc/resolv.conf
PLD2.0/etc/resolv.conf
OpenNA1.0/etc/resolv.conf
Red Hat®9.0/etc/resolv.conf
SuSE®9.0/etc/resolv.conf

This file is sometimes dynamically changed by DSL-connections, so do not wonder if the file doesn't contain what you have put there when a DSL connection is established.

hosts

In this file, the list of known hosts is stored.

Table 5.3. Where to find the file hosts

DistributionReleasenumberLocation
Conectiva9.0/etc/hosts
Debian3.0/etc/hosts
Fedora Core1/etc/hosts
FreeBSD5/etc/hosts
Gentoo /etc/hosts
Mandrake9.2/etc/hosts
PLD2.0/etc/hosts
OpenNA1/etc/hosts
Red Hat®9.0/etc/hosts
SuSE®9.0/etc/hosts

On SuSE® it is known that this file gets occasionally resorted by the script SuSEconfig. So do not wonder if you do not find in a state you have expected.

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