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Managing TCP/IP Services
1.1 Getting Started
1.1.1 Logical Names
Logical names allow you to customize or modify component behavior. Logical
names also point to directories, database files, and log files.
TCPIP$CONFIG defines the following logical names for the databases listed in
Table 1–1:
• TCPIP$BOOTP
• TCPIP$CONFIG
• TCPIP$EXPORT
• TCPIP$HOST
• TCPIP$NETWORK
• TCPIP$PROXY
• TCPIP$ROUTE
• TCPIP$SERVICE
See individual component chapters in this manual for information on how specific
components use logical names.
1.1.2 Modifying Your Configuration
After the initial configuration, you may want to reconfigure existing components
or configure new ones, disable and re-enable components, add hosts, reconfigure
routing, and so forth.
When making any configuration modifications, Compaq strongly recommends that
you run the configuration procedure TCPIP$CONFIG again.
Note
You cannot use TCPIP$CONFIG to set up SLIP or PPP lines. See
Chapter 3 for more information.
In some instances, TCPIP$CONFIG only partially configures a component (for
example, when configuring a BIND name server). You may need to run additional
setup programs or enter management commands to complete the configuration
and fine-tune your environment.
Component-specific chapters in this manual describe additional configuration
tasks and explain how to configure and manage specific components. These tasks
may include:
• Manually adding information, such as database records, that the
configuration procedure cannot handle
• Temporarily enabling or disabling a service
• Configuring customized applications
• Tuning performance
• Troubleshooting
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