(*).  Network


(*).1.    Low level network configuration

To set up a simple IP network interface, edit the header of
/etc/conf/network. If you need to do more complex things you probably need to
rewrite the functions start_net and stop_net in this file.  Typically, if you
have an Ethernet card in your system but want to use a ppp-interface as your
default gateway, you want to comment out the 'route add default' stuff in
these functions.


(*).2.    Hostname and DNS Client settings

Just write the hostname to the file '/etc/HOSTNAME' and the domainname to the
file '/etc/DOMAINNAME'. The configuration of the DNS resolver is done using
the file '/etc/resolv.conf'.


(*).3.    Sendmail

Go to /etc/mail and add all host/domainnames for your server to the file
"sendmail.cw" and your aliases to the file "aliases".  Run 'make -C
/etc/mail' after every change to the aliases file. If you modified the
sendmail.cw file you need to restart sendmail by executing
'/sbin/init.d/sendmail restart'.  Verify that sendmail is activated for your
default runlevel.


(*).4.    Inetd

The inetd daemon is configured using the file '/etc/inetd.conf'. By default,
only the services 'telnet', 'talk' and 'ident' are enabled.  Verify that inetd
is activated for your default runlevel.


(*).5.    Sshd

The default configuration of the Secure Shell Daemon should be OK for most
servers. You can use 'make-ssh-known-hosts' to create a
'/etc/ssh_known_hosts' file. Verify that sshd is activated for your default
runlevel.



