Friday, March 26, 2010

aix Important files in AIX

/etc/defaultrouter:
Defines the systems default routers. Values must be separated with whitespace, # can be used for comments.

/etc/gateways:
Contains all the routes and default gateways for the system.

/etc/hostname.interface:
Contains the hostname of the system and should match the hostname defined in the /etc/hosts file. The file is named with the interface name, such as hostname.hme0 or hostname.le0

/etc/hosts:
Configures names and aliases of IP-addresses. Fields should be separated with Tab or white space.

/etc/inetd.conf:
Is the Internet services database ASCII file which contains a list of available network services.

/etc/inetd.conf:
Is the Internet server database ASCII file that contains a list of available servers. Is invoked by inetd when it gets an Internet request via a socket.

/etc/inetd.conf:
Is the Internet server database, used by the inetd daemon, which contains a list of available network services.

/etc/inittab:
Is a script used by init. Controls process dispatching.

/etc/inittab:
Controls process dispatching. Used by init.

/etc/inittab:
Is a script used by init. Controls process dispatching.

/etc/lilo.conf:
Is the configuration file used by the Linux Loader while booting.

/etc/modules.conf:
Loads modules specific options at startup.

/etc/mygate:
Defines the systems default router or gateway.

/etc/myname:
Specifies the real host name for the system.

/etc/netsvc.conf:
Specifies how different name resolution services will look up names.

/etc/nodename:
Specifies the real hostname for the system.

/etc/nologin:
Is a text file that, if it exists in /etc/, will prevent non-root users from logging in. If a user attempts to login, it will be shown the contents of the file, and then be disconnected.

/etc/nologin:
Is a text file message that is shown to the user who tries to log on during a system shutdown process. After the message appears the log on procedure ends.

/etc/nsswitch.conf:
Specifies how the lookup for different databases are performed and in what order. Lookups are done left to right.

/etc/nsswitch.conf:
Specifies how the lookup for different databases is done and in what order.

/etc/printcap:
Describes printers and allows dynamic addition and deletion of printers by the spooling system.

/etc/printcap:
Describes printers and allows dynamic addition and deletion of printers by the spooling system.

/etc/rc.conf:
Is a configuration file used to configure the system daemons. It has three sections, the first turns features on or off, the second turns daemons on or off and the third sets parameters for the
/etc/resolv.conf:
Configures the system's network. Specifies hostname and gateway.

/etc/xinetd.conf:
Contains the configuration for the extended internet services started by the xinetd command.