Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Mon, 21 Jun 1999 22:37:38 +0200 (CEST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | [patch] sysctl documentation |
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Hi Linus and Alan,
here's a small update to the sysctl documentation. Thanks to Peter Breitenlohner who corrected the explanation of what /proc/sys/kernel/{host,domain}name are for.
I also updated the kernel version in every document in order to show 'up-to-date-ness' and bring piece of mind to everyone who believes Linux documentation is not kept up to date :) It is.
regards,
Rik -- Open Source: you deserve to be in control of your data. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Le Reseau netwerksystemen BV: http://www.reseau.nl/ | | Linux Memory Management site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ | | Nederlandse Linux documentatie: http://www.nl.linux.org/ | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+
--- /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysctl/README Mon Jun 21 22:16:04 1999 +++ sysctl/README Mon Jun 21 22:31:09 1999 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Documentation for /proc/sys/ kernel version 2.2.5 +Documentation for /proc/sys/ kernel version 2.2.10 (c) 1998, 1999, Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org> 'Why', I hear you ask, 'would anyone even _want_ documentation --- /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysctl/fs.txt Mon Jun 21 22:16:04 1999 +++ sysctl/fs.txt Mon Jun 21 22:31:18 1999 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Documentation for /proc/sys/fs/* kernel version 2.2.5 +Documentation for /proc/sys/fs/* kernel version 2.2.10 (c) 1998, 1999, Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org> For general info and legal blurb, please look in README. --- /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt Mon Jun 21 22:16:04 1999 +++ sysctl/kernel.txt Mon Jun 21 22:31:26 1999 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Documentation for /proc/sys/kernel/* kernel version 2.2.5 +Documentation for /proc/sys/kernel/* kernel version 2.2.10 (c) 1998, 1999, Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org> For general info and legal blurb, please look in README. @@ -76,12 +76,21 @@ domainname & hostname: -These files can be controlled to set the domainname and -hostname of your box. For the classic darkstar.frop.org -a simple: +These files can be used to set the NIS/YP domainname and the +hostname of your box in exactly the same way as the commands +domainname and hostname, i.e.: # echo "darkstar" > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname -# echo "frop.org" > /proc/sys/kernel/domainname -would suffice to set your hostname and domainname. +# echo "mydomain" > /proc/sys/kernel/domainname +has the same effect as +# hostname "darkstar" > /proc/sys/kernel/hostname +# domainname "mydomain" > /proc/sys/kernel/domainname + +Note, however, that the classic darkstar.frop.org has the +hostname "darkstar" and DNS (Internet Domain Name Server) +domainname "frop.org", not to be confused with the NIS (Network +Information Service) or YP (Yellow Pages) domainname. These two +domain names are in general different. For a detailed discussion +see the hostname(1) man page. ============================================================== --- /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysctl/sunrpc.txt Mon Jun 21 22:16:04 1999 +++ sysctl/sunrpc.txt Mon Jun 21 22:31:35 1999 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Documentation for /proc/sys/sunrpc/* kernel version 2.2.5 +Documentation for /proc/sys/sunrpc/* kernel version 2.2.10 (c) 1998, 1999, Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org> For general info and legal blurb, please look in README. --- /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt Mon Jun 21 22:17:12 1999 +++ sysctl/vm.txt Mon Jun 21 22:31:42 1999 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Documentation for /proc/sys/vm/* kernel version 2.2.5 +Documentation for /proc/sys/vm/* kernel version 2.2.10 (c) 1998, 1999, Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org> For general info and legal blurb, please look in README.
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