Whereis the Linux File
- whereis_the_file.txt - where a file/program is and what it does.
- alphabetical order ascending A-Z fle, descripting, loc, use.
- pico users replace 'vi' with 'pico' in the examples below
- alphabetically listed, this reference is growing
a
aliases
basic system mail aliases for mail delivery
/etc/aliases ex: vi /etc/aliases
aliases.db
file created when newaliases is run and is the database from entries in the aliases text file
/etc/aliases.db ex: /usr/bin/newaliases
f
fstab
static information about your system's filesystem
/etc/fstab ex: vi /etc/fstab
h
httpd.conf
configuration for Apache web server - text
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf ex: vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
i
ifconfig
configure or display a network interface
/sbin/ifconfig ex: vi /sbin/ifconfig
ifup
loads route table for lan (script)
/sbin/ifup & /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup ex: /sbin/ifup eth0
inetd.conf
describes services available sserver (text)
/etc/ ex: edit file & send INETD process SIGHUP signal
inittab
set processes started at boot and during operation
/etc/inittab ex: vi /etc/inittab
n
network
used by ifup, network info (text)
/etc/sysconfig/network ex: <none>
p
passwd
user admin file and passwords for users (text)
/etc/passwd ex: vi /etc/passwd
r
resolv.conf
initial domain name and name server addresses
enter your DNS server address here /etc/resolv.conf ex: vi /etc/resolv.conf
s
securetty
user admin file for system tty's (text)
/etc/ ex: vi /etc/securetty
t
tulip.o
netcard driver (object file)
/lib/modules/2.0.32/net/ ex: modprobe /lib/modules/2.0.32/net/tulip.o
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