Editing Configuration Files -- Please Help

[2New2Linux]

Hi

If I want to change settings for modems, NIC cards, ports, etc what
configuration file(s) do I need to edit?

Also, all of those drivers loading at starup, which file controls them?

I have SuSe 8.2 Pro version of Linux.

In Windows it is System, Win, autoexec, and config.sys.

I am too new to Linux to know where these files are.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

[Lew Pitcher]

2New2Linux wrote:

> Hi
>
> If I want to change settings for modems, NIC cards, ports, etc what
> configuration file(s) do I need to edit?

The /etc directory contains these 'configuration files'.

> Also, all of those drivers loading at starup, which file controls them?
>
> I have SuSe 8.2 Pro version of Linux.
>
> In Windows it is System, Win, autoexec, and config.sys.

For "config.sys" functionality, check out the /etc/inittab file, and the
files in /etc/rc.d

For "autoexec.bat" functionality, the same files, /plus/ /etc/profile, and
the per-user .profile (/home/<username>/.profile) files.

> I am too new to Linux to know where these files are.

What you really want to do then is read the doc on your distro.
Also read "man hier"

> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
>
>
>
>

--

Lew Pitcher, IT Consultant, Application Architecture
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)

[mjt]

Lew Pitcher wrote:

> 2New2Linux wrote:

.... stop multi-posting - find answers in the other NGs
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[2New2Linux]

Thank you Lew Pitcher
for the information.

An "Mr. Author --- MJT"
your comments are note.

Regards
:-)


"mjt" <mjtobler@removethis_consultant.com> wrote in message
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> Lew Pitcher wrote:
>

> > 2New2Linux wrote:

>
> ... stop multi-posting - find answers in the other NGs
> .
> --
> /// Michael J. Tobler: motorcyclist, surfer, skydiver, \\\
> \\\ and author: "Inside Linux", "C++ HowTo", "C++ Unleashed" ///
> \\\ [url]http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mtobler/mjt_linux_page.html[/url] ///
> Some don't prefer the pursuit of happiness to the happiness of pursuit.
>

[M. Strobel]

2New2Linux wrote:

> Hi
>
> If I want to change settings for modems, NIC cards, ports, etc what
> configuration file(s) do I need to edit?
>
> Also, all of those drivers loading at starup, which file controls them?
>
> I have SuSe 8.2 Pro version of Linux.
>
> In Windows it is System, Win, autoexec, and config.sys.
>
> I am too new to Linux to know where these files are.
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
>
>
>
>

I would recommend a beginners book first.

Maybe you should not ask "hey, how is this box working?", just one thing
at a time.

Max