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to which they are relevant. This ensures that network settings, for example, only need
to be parsed by network-related scripts.
There are two ways to edit the system conguration. Either use the YaST syscong
Editor or edit the conguration les manually.
17.3.1 Changing the System Conguration
Using the YaST syscong Editor
The YaST syscong editor provides an easy-to-use front-end for system conguration.
Without any knowledge of the actual location of the conguration variable you need
to change, you can just use the built-in search function of this module, change the value
of the conguration variable as needed and let YaST take care of applying these changes,
updating congurations that depend on the values set in sysconfig and restarting
services.
WARNING: Modifying /etc/sysconfig/* Files Can Damage Your
Installation
Do not modify the /etc/sysconfig les if you lack previous experience
and knowledge. It could do considerable damage to your system. The les in
/etc/sysconfig include a short comment for each variable to explain what
effect they actually have.
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