Table G-14 provides a quick reference to compare names and locations of configuration files between Solaris and Linux.
Table G-14. [*] Configuration and Other Files
Solaris | Linux | Comments |
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/etc/auto_master, /etc/auto_home | /etc/auto.master, /etc/auto.home | |
/etc/default/login | /etc/securetty | |
/etc/default/nfs | /etc/sysconfig/nfs | |
/etc/default/nfslogd | /etc/sysconfig/nfs | |
/etc/defaultdomain, /var/yp/binding/'domainname'/ ypservers | /etc/yp.conf | |
/etc/dfs/dfstab | /etc/exports | |
/etc/ftpusers (Solaris 8) /etc/ftpd/ftpusers (Solaris 9) | /etc/vsftpd.ftpusers (vsftpd) /etc/ftpusers (wu-ftpd) | |
/etc/inet/ (directory) | /etc/hosts, /etc/HOSTNAME, /etc/sysconfig/network (directory) | |
/etc/inet/services | /etc/services | |
/etc/inetd.conf | /etc/xinetd.conf, /etc/xinetd.d (directory) | |
/etc/krb5/krb5.conf | /etc/krb5.conf | Different format |
/etc/logadm.conf | N/A | See Chapter 12, "Monitoring and Performance," on page 173.[**] |
/etc/logindevperm | /etc/logindevperm | Different formats |
/etc/mime.types | /etc/mime.types | Different format |
/etc/mnttab | /etc/mtab | |
/etc/nscd.conf | /etc/nscd.conf | Cache names are different |
/etc/pam.conf | /etc/pam.d (directory) | |
/etc/printers.conf | /etc/cups/printers.conf | Different format. See Chapter 10, "Printing Services," on page 151 |
/etc/rmmount.conf | N/A | See Chapter 6, "Device Management," on page 85. |
/etc/security/policy.conf | N/A | See Chapter 11, "Users and Groups," on page 159. |
/etc/syslog.conf | /etc/syslog.conf | Slightly different format |
/etc/system | /etc/sysctl.conf | |
/etc/vfstab | /etc/fstab | |
/etc/vold.conf | N/A | See Chapter 6, "Device Management," on page 85. |
/usr/share/lib/zoneinfo/[*] | /usr/share/zoneinfo/[*] | |
/var/adm/messages, /var/log/syslog | /var/log/messages, /var/log/syslog, /usr/adm/messages, /var/log/maillog | |
/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root | /etc/crontab,/var/spool/cron | |