Section5
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File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd
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A
access - format of Postfix access table
acct - execution accounting file
5:acl
afpd.conf - Configuration file used by afpd(8) to determine the setup of its file sharing services
aide.conf - The configuration file for Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment
aliases - format of the Postfix alias database
AppleVolumes.default - Configuration file used by afpd(8) to determine the shares made available through Appletalk
at.allow, at.deny - determine who can submit jobs via at or batch
atalkd.conf - Configuration file used by atalkd(8) to determine the interfaces used by the master Netatalk daemon
attr - Extended attributes
/etc/auto.master - Master Map for automounter
autofs - Format of the automounter maps
C
canonical - format of Postfix canonical table
charmap - character symbols to define character encodings
complex - basics of complex mathematics
crontab - tables for driving cron
cvs - Concurrent Versions System support files
D
defaultdomain - file which contains the NIS/YP domain name
dir_colors - configuration file for dircolors(1)
E
english - flag format for English ispell dictionaries
environ - user environment
epistrc - Configuration file for Epist
ethers - Ethernet address to IP number database
exports - NFS file systems being exported (for Kernel based NFS)
F
faillog - Login failure logging file
fonts.conf - Font configuration files
5:forward
filesystems - Linux filesystem types: minix, ext, ext2, ext3, xia, msdos, umsdos, vfat, proc, nfs, iso9660, hpfs, sysv, smb, ncpfs
fstab - static information about the filesystems
ftpusers - list of users that may not log in via the FTP daemon
G
gettydefs - speed and tty settings used by getty
groff_font - format of groff device and font description files
groff_out - groff intermediate output format
groff_tmac - macro files in the roff typesetting system
group - user group file
H
host.conf - resolver configuration file
hosts - The static table lookup for host names
/etc/hosts.equiv - list of hosts and users that are granted "trusted" r command access to your system
hosts_access - format of host access control files
hosts_options - host access control language extensions
html2psrc - configuration file format for html2ps(1)
html2textrc - formatting properties file for html2text(1)
I
- info - readable online documentation
- initscript - script that executes inittab commands.
- inittab - format of the inittab file used by the sysv-compatible init process
- interfaces (Debian) - network interface configuration for ifup and ifdown
- intro - Introduction to file formats
- ipc - System V interprocess communication mechanisms
- ispell - format of ispell dictionaries and affix files
- issue - pre-login message and identification file
K
keymaps - keyboard table descriptions for loadkeys and dumpkeys
5:krb5.conf
L
ldap.conf, .ldaprc - ldap configuration file
ldif - LDAP Data Interchange Format
lilo.conf - configuration file for lilo
locale - Describes a locale definition file
locale.alias - Locale name alias data base
locatedb - front-compressed file name database
/etc/login.defs - Login configuration
/etc/logindevperm - configuration file for pam_devperm.so
M
magic - file command's magic number file
manpath - format of the /etc/manpath.config file
manpath - format of the /etc/manpath.config file
mbox - Format for mail message storage.
mdadm.conf - configuration for management of Software Raid with mdadm
modprobe.conf -- Configuration file for modprobe
modules.conf - configuration file for loading kernel modules
modules.dep -- List of module dependencies
motd - message of the day
mtools.conf - mtools configuration files
muttrc - Configuration file for the Mutt Mail User Agent
N
netatalk.conf - Configuration file used by netatalk(8) to determine its general configuration
netgroup - specify network groups
nfs - nfs fstab format and options
nologin - prevent non-root users from logging into the system
/etc/nscd.conf - name service cache daemon configuration file
nsswitch.conf - System Databases and Name Service Switch configuration file
nwclient - configuration file for NWClient program suite
P
5:pam
pam_krb5 - Kerberos 5 authentication
pam_krb5afs - Kerberos 5 authentication with AFS support
papd.conf - Configuration file used by papd(8) to determine the configuration of printers used by the Netatalk printing daemon
passwd - The password file
5:pbm
pcre_table - format of Postfix PCRE tables
5:pgm
5:pkcs15-profile
png - Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format
5:pnm
5:ppm
proc - process information pseudo-filesystem
procmailex - procmail rcfile examples
procmailrc - procmail rcfile
procmailsc - procmail weighted scoring techique
protocols - the protocols definition file
Q
Quantize - ImageMagick's color reduction algorithm.
R
radvd.conf - configuration file of the router advertisement daemon radvd
raidtab - configuration file for md (RAID) devices
rcsfile - format of RCS file
regexp_table - format of Postfix regular expression tables
relocated - format of Postfix relocated table
resmgr.conf - resource manager configuration file
5:resolv.conf
resolver - resolver configuration file
$HOME/.rhosts - grants or denies password-free r-command access to a specific user account
rndc.conf - rndc configuration file
route.conf - Configuration for routing table has changed
routes - configure the routing table
/etc/rpasswd.conf - configuration file for remote password update client
rpc - rpc program number data base
rsyncd.conf - configuration file for rsync server
S
securetty - file which lists ttys from which root can log in
sensors.conf - libsensors configuration file
services - Internet network services list
shadow - encrypted password file
shells - pathnames of valid login shells
/proc/slabinfo - Kernel slab allocator statistics
slapd.access - access configuration for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP daemon
slapd.conf - configuration file for slapd, the stand-alone LDAP daemon
slapd.replog - slapd replication log format
slapd-bdb - BDB backend to slapd
slapd-ldbm - LDBM backend to slapd
smartd.conf - SMART Disk Monitoring Daemon Configuration File
/etc/snmp.conf - configuration file for the ucd-snmp applications. ~/.snmp/snmp.conf - personal configuration file.
snmp_config - describes how to configure the ucd-snmp applications.
/etc/snmpd.conf - configuration file for the ucd-snmp SNMP agent.
/etc/snmptrapd.conf - configuration file for the ucd-snmp trap demon.
5:ssh_config
5:sshd_config
sudoers - list of which users may execute what
[[5:sysctl.conf|sysctl.conf - sysctl(8) preload/configuration file]]
[[5:syslog.conf|syslog.conf - syslogd(8) configuration file]]
T
term - format of compiled term file.
termcap - terminal capability database
terminfo - terminal capability data base
transport - format of Postfix transport table
ttytype - terminal device to default terminal type mapping
tzfile - time zone information
U
utmp, wtmp - login records
uuencode - format of an encoded uuencode file
V
variables - Format of specifying variable names to SNMP tools.
virtual - format of Postfix virtual alias table
vsftpd.conf, the config file for vsftpd
W
whoson.conf - whoson configuration file
wine.conf - Wine configuration file
5:wtmp
wwwoffle.conf - The configuration file for the proxy server for the World Wide Web Offline Explorer.
X
xfs - layout of the XFS filesystem
xinetd.conf - Extended Internet Services Daemon configuration file