By default, most of these files are
dot (.) files, such as .kde (a directory for setting KDE desktop defaults) and .bashrc
(for setting default values used with the bash shell).
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/etc/sysconfig??”Contains important system configuration files that are created and
maintained by various services (including iptables, samba, and most networking services).
These files are critical for Linux distributions that use GUI administration tools but
are not used on other Linux systems at all.
/etc/xinetd.d??”Contains a set of files, each of which defines a network service that
the xinetd daemon listens for on a particular port. When the xinetd daemon process
receives a request for a service, it uses the information in these files to determine which
daemon processes to start to handle the request.
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 the cron environment and times for running automated tasks.
csh.cshrc (or cshrc) Sets system-wide defaults for csh (C shell) users.
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