1 | <chapter id="postlfs-config">
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2 | <?dbhtml filename="config.html" dir="postlfs"?>
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3 | <title>After <acronym>LFS</acronym> Configuration Issues</title>
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4 |
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5 | <para>The intention of <acronym>LFS</acronym> is to provide a basic system
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6 | which you can build upon. There are several things, about tidying up the
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7 | system, which many people wonder about once they have done the base install.
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8 | We hope to cover these issues in this chapter.</para>
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9 |
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10 | <para>Most people coming from a Windows background to Linux find the
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11 | concept of text-only configuration files slightly strange. In Linux,
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12 | just about all configuration is done via text files. The majority of
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13 | these files can be found in the <filename>/etc</filename> hierarchy.
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14 | There are often graphical configuration programs available for different
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15 | subsystems but most are simply pretty front ends to the process
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16 | of editing the file. The advantage of text-only configuration is that
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17 | you can edit parameters using your favorite text editor, whether that
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18 | be vim, emacs or anything else.</para>
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19 |
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20 | <para>The first task is making a recovery diskette because it's the most
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21 | critical need. Then the system is configured to ease addition of
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22 | new users, in "Configuring for Adding Users", because this
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23 | can affect the choices you make in the three subsequent topics -
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24 | "/etc/inputrc", "The Bash Shell Startup Files" and
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25 | "/etc/vimrc, ~/.vimrc".
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26 | </para>
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27 |
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28 | <para> The remaining topics, "/etc/issue (Customizing your logon)",
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29 | "Random number generation", "Man page issues" and "Info page issues" are
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30 | then addressed, in that order. They don't have much interaction with the
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31 | other topics in this chapter.
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32 | </para>
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33 |
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34 | &postlfs-config-bootdisk;
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35 | &postlfs-config-skel;
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36 | &postlfs-config-inputrc;
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37 | &postlfs-config-profile;
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38 | &postlfs-config-vimrc;
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39 | &postlfs-config-logon;
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40 | &postlfs-config-random;
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41 | &postlfs-config-compressdoc;
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42 |
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43 | </chapter>
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44 |
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