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2. Format

/etc/conf.linuxconf is an ASCII file. Each line contain one configuration record.The format is trivial.

        system.feature value ...
        

system

It is generally the name of a service.

feature

This represent on configuration information used by the service.

value

This is a string containing anything: words numbers etc...

Here is an example:

        routed.gateway 1
        

This line tell that the

routed
daemon must export its default route. The machine becomes a gateway.


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