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3.7.1.24.

/etc/sysconfig/ntpd

The

/etc/sysconfig/ntpd

file is used to pass arguments to the

ntpd

daemon at boot time. The

ntpd

daemon sets and maintains the system clock to synchronize with an Internet standard time server.

It implements version 4 of the Network Time Protocol (NTP). For more information about what

parameters you can use in this file, point a browser at the following file:

/usr/share/doc/ntp 

version /ntpd.htm

(where

version

is the version number of

ntpd

). By default, this file sets

the owner of the

ntpd

process to the user

ntp

.

3.7.1.25.

/etc/sysconfig/pcmcia

The

/etc/sysconfig/pcmcia

file is used to specify PCMCIA configuration information. The fol 

lowing values may be used:

  PCMCIA=

value

, where

value

is one of the following:

yes

  PCMCIA support should be enabled.

no

  PCMCIA support should not be enabled.

  PCIC=

value

, where

value

is one of the following:

i82365

  The computer has an i82365 style PCMCIA socket chipset.

tcic

  The computer has a tcic style PCMCIA socket chipset.

  PCIC_OPTS=

value

, where

value

is the socket driver (i82365 or tcic) timing parameters.

  CORE_OPTS=

value

, where

value

is the list of

pcmcia_core

options.

  CARDMGR_OPTS=

value

, where

value

is the list of options for the PCMCIA

cardmgr

(such as

 q

for quiet mode;

 m

to look for loadable kernel modules in the specified directory, and

so on). Read the

cardmgr

man page for more information.

3.7.1.26.

/etc/sysconfig/radvd

The

/etc/sysconfig/radvd

file is used to pass arguments to the

radvd

daemon at boot time.

The

radvd

daemon listens to for router requests and sends router advertisements for the IP version

6 protocol. This service allows hosts on a network to dynamically change their default routers based

on these router advertisements. For more information about what parameters you can use in this file,

type

man radvd

. By default, this file sets the owner of the

radvd

process to the user

radvd

.

3.7.1.27.

/etc/sysconfig/rawdevices

The

/etc/sysconfig/rawdevices

file is used to configure raw device bindings, such as:

/dev/raw/raw1 /dev/sda1

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