sample jurix configurations

Use pinfo or info to read the GNU info files and use man to read man-pages. /usr/doc/ often contains additional information on a package.

basic system install

/etc/fstab contains your partitions. Please read fstab(5), mount(8).

      --- /etc/fstab
      +++ /etc/fstab
      @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
      +/dev/hda5  swap      swap  defaults  0  2
      +/dev/hda2  /         ext2  defaults  1  1
      +proc       /proc     proc  defaults  0  1
      +/dev/hda6  /hda6     ext2  noatime   0  2
      +/dev/hda1  /mnt/old  ext2  noauto    1  1

Specify where lilo is installed, where your root partition is, what kind of SCSI-controller you use and maybe add a password and add additional entries for other OS:

      --- /etc/lilo.conf
      +++ /etc/lilo.conf
      @@ -4,18 +4,19 @@
 
       #append="scsi_host=aha1542"
       #append="scsi_host=aic7xxx"
      +append="scsi_host=aic7xxx"
 
       # you can get a shell in /boot/initrd and use "insmod" to load the
       # necessary modules yourself
       #append="debug=true"
 
      -#password=secret
      -#restricted
      +password=verysecret
      +restricted
       
      -boot=/dev/sda2 # where lilo is installed
      +boot=/dev/hda1 # where lilo is installed
       delay=20 # 2 secs before starting default
       vga=normal # I use vga=1
      -root=/dev/sda2 # where linux is installed
      +root=/dev/hda1 # where linux is installed
       message=/boot/message
       image=/boot/zImage
         label=linux
      @@ -24,5 +25,5 @@
       image=/boot/zImage.full
         label=full
         read-only
      -#other=/dev/sda1
      -#  label=dose
      +other=/dev/sda1
      +  label=dose

basic networking setup

Setting up one ethernet card:

      --- /etc/modules.conf
      +++ /etc/modules.conf
      @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       # the following line:
       #alias eth0 <card_name>
       #options <card_name> <options>
      +alias eth0 3c59x
 
       # the following modules support the "io" and the "irq" option:
       # 3c501 3c503 3c505 3c507 3c509 3c59x ac3200 apricot at1700 de4x5 depca
      --- /etc/hosts
      +++ /etc/hosts
      @@ -14,4 +14,6 @@
 
       127.0.0.1	localhost
 
      +192.168.5.5	testhost.testdomain.org testhost
      +
       # End of hosts.
      --- /etc/rc.config
      +++ /etc/rc.config
      @@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
       # networking
       #
       # number of network cards: "_0" for one, "_0 _1 _2 _3" for four cards
      -NETCONFIG=""
      +NETCONFIG="_0"
       # network device names (e.g. "eth0")
      -NETDEV_0=""
      +NETDEV_0="eth0"
       NETDEV_1=""
       NETDEV_2=""
       NETDEV_3=""
      @@ -56,19 +56,19 @@
       # be used to configure it
       # sample entry for ethernet:
       # IFCONFIG_0="192.168.81.38 broadcast 192.168.81.63 netmask 255.255.255.224"
      -IFCONFIG_0=""
      +IFCONFIG_0="192.168.5.5 broadcast 192.168.5.255 netmask 255.255.255.0"
       IFCONFIG_1=""
       IFCONFIG_2=""
       IFCONFIG_3=""
       # network or host routes for the devices
       # (e.g. "-net 192.168.81.32" or "-host 192.168.81.33")
      -NETWORK_0=""
      +NETWORK_0="-net 192.168.5.0"
       NETWORK_1=""
       NETWORK_2=""
       NETWORK_3=""
       # if this is set, the default route will be set to this gateway
       # (e.g. "192.168.81.33")
      -GATEWAY_0=""
      +GATEWAY_0="192.168.5.1"
       GATEWAY_1=""
       GATEWAY_2=""
       GATEWAY_3=""
      @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
       # (e.g. "riemann.suse.de" or "hugo.linux.de")
       # don't forget to also edit /etc/hosts for your system
       #
      -FQHOSTNAME=""
      +FQHOSTNAME="testhost.testdomain.org"
 
       #
       # yp-domain, this name must match the one on the yp-server

DNS configuration

Maybe just add the IP-addresses of your DNS servers:

      --- /etc/rc.config
      +++ /etc/rc.config
      @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
       # give a maximum of 3 IP numbers
       # (e.g. "192.168.116.11 192.168.7.7")
       #
      -NAMESERVER="127.0.0.1"
      +NAMESERVER="192.168.5.1 192.168.6.1"
 
       #
       # Used for News-Postings.

Or setup a caching DNS server which forwards new queries to bigger DNS servers:

      --- /etc/rc.d/start.conf
      +++ /etc/rc.d/start.conf
      @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       # start DNS server named (/etc/named.conf)
       #
       # script      S  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
      -named      n  *  *  * 30 30  *  *  *  *  *  *
      +named      y  *  *  * 30 30  *  *  *  *  *  *
 
       #
       # xntpd adjusts the time from another time server or a special local
      --- /etc/named.conf
      +++ /etc/named.conf
      @@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
              #	192.168.0.20;
              #	192.168.0.30;
              #};
      +       forwarders {
      +                192.168.5.1;
      +                192.168.6.1;
      +       };
              # the default is to listen on port 53 on all available interfaces
              # you can also give a detailed list:
              #listen-on { 5.6.7.8; };

configuration of some network progs

wu.ftpd can be limited to allow only local hosts for non-anonymous login:

      --- /etc/ftpaccess
      +++ /etc/ftpaccess
      @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       # class. If multiple "class" commands can apply to the current session, the
       # first one listed in the access file is used. Failing to define a valid
       # class for a host will cause access to be denied.
      -class   local  real                    *
      +class   local  real                    192.168.81.35 192.168.81.45
       class   remote guest,anonymous         *

       # limit of 20 connections

I don't like beeps

I know there are lots of ways to disable beeps. One of them is to disable them in the kernel. I normally just disable them for all readline progs:

      --- /etc/inputrc
      +++ /etc/inputrc
      @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
       # uncomment the followin line, if bash should not beep that often
      -#set bell-style none
      +set bell-style none
       set meta-flag on
       set output-meta on
       set convert-meta off

email clients

Please look at mutt and pine.