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-<h1>
-The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ
-<br>Chapter 10 - Customizing your installation of Debian GNU/Linux
-</h1>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a name="s-papersize"></a>10.1 How can I ensure that all programs use the same paper size?</h2>
-
-<p>
-Install the <code>libpaper1</code> package, and it will ask you for a
-system-wide default paper size. This setting will be kept in the file
-<samp>/etc/papersize</samp>.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Users can override the paper size setting using the <samp>PAPERSIZE</samp>
-environment variable. For details, see the manual page
-<code>papersize(5)</code>.
-</p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a name="s-hardwareaccess"></a>10.2 How can I provide access to hardware peripherals, without compromising security?</h2>
-
-<p>
-Many device files in the <samp>/dev</samp> directory belong to some predefined
-groups. For example, <samp>/dev/fd0</samp> belongs to the <samp>floppy</samp>
-group, and <samp>/dev/dsp</samp> belongs to the <samp>audio</samp> group.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-If you want a certain user to have access to one of these devices, just add the
-user to the group the device belongs to, i.e. do:
-</p>
-
-<pre>
- adduser user group
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-This way you won't have to change the file permissions on the device.
-</p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a name="s-consolefont"></a>10.3 How do I load a console font on startup the Debian way?</h2>
-
-<p>
-The <code>kbd</code> and <code>console-tools</code> packages support this, edit
-<samp>/etc/kbd/config</samp> or <samp>/etc/console-tools/config</samp> files.
-</p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a name="s-appdefaults"></a>10.4 How can I configure an X11 program's application defaults?</h2>
-
-<p>
-Debian's X programs will install their application resource data in the
-<samp>/etc/X11/app-defaults/</samp> directory. If you want to customize X
-applications globally, put your customizations in those files. They are marked
-as configuration files, so their contents will be preserved during upgrades.
-</p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a name="s-booting"></a>10.5 Every distribution seems to have a different boot-up method. Tell me about Debian's.</h2>
-
-<p>
-Like all Unices, Debian boots up by executing the program <samp>init</samp>.
-The configuration file for <samp>init</samp> (which is
-<samp>/etc/inittab</samp>) specifies that the first script to be executed
-should be <samp>/etc/init.d/rcS</samp>. This script runs all of the scripts in
-<samp>/etc/rcS.d/</samp> by sourcing or forking subprocess depending on their
-file extension to perform initialization such as to check and to mount file
-systems, to load modules, to start the network services, to set the clock, and
-to perform other initialization. Then, for compatibility, it runs the files
-(except those with a `.'in the filename) in <samp>/etc/rc.boot/</samp> too.
-Any scripts in the latter directory are usually reserved for system
-administrator use, and using them in packages is deprecated.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-After completing the boot process, <samp>init</samp> executes all start scripts
-in a directory specified by the default runlevel (this runlevel is given by the
-entry for <samp>id</samp> in <samp>/etc/inittab</samp>). Like most System V
-compatible Unices, Linux has 7 runlevels:
-</p>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-0 (halt the system),
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-1 (single-user mode),
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-2 through 5 (various multi-user modes), and
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-6 (reboot the system).
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-
-<p>
-Debian systems come with id=2, which indicates that the default runlevel will
-be '2' when the multi-user state is entered, and the scripts in
-<samp>/etc/rc2.d/</samp> will be run.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-In fact, the scripts in any of the directories, <samp>/etc/rcN.d/</samp> are
-just symbolic links back to scripts in <samp>/etc/init.d/</samp>. However, the
-<em>names</em> of the files in each of the <samp>/etc/rcN.d/</samp> directories
-are selected to indicate the <em>way</em> the scripts in
-<samp>/etc/init.d/</samp> will be run. Specifically, before entering any
-runlevel, all the scripts beginning with 'K' are run; these scripts kill
-services. Then all the scripts beginning with 'S' are run; these scripts start
-services. The two-digit number following the 'K' or 'S' indicates the order in
-which the script is run. Lower numbered scripts are executed first.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-This approach works because the scripts in <samp>/etc/init.d/</samp> all take
-an argument which can be either `start', `stop', `reload', `restart' or
-`force-reload' and will then do the task indicated by the argument. These
-scripts can be used even after a system has been booted, to control various
-processes.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-For example, with the argument `reload' the command
-</p>
-
-<pre>
- /etc/init.d/sendmail reload
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-sends the sendmail daemon a signal to reread its configuration file. (BTW,
-Debian supplies <code>invoke-rc.d</code> as a wrapper for invoking the scripts
-in <samp>/etc/init.d/</samp>.)
-</p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a name="s-custombootscripts"></a>10.6 It looks as if Debian does not use <samp>rc.local</samp> to customize the boot process; what facilities are provided?</h2>
-
-<p>
-Suppose a system needs to execute script <samp>foo</samp> on start-up, or on
-entry to a particular (System V) runlevel. Then the system administrator
-should:
-</p>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-Enter the script <samp>foo</samp> into the directory <samp>/etc/init.d/</samp>.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-Run the Debian command <samp>update-rc.d</samp> with appropriate arguments, to
-set up links between the (command-line-specified) directories rc?.d and
-<samp>/etc/init.d/foo</samp>. Here, '?' is a number from 0 through 6 and
-corresponds to each of the System V runlevels.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-Reboot the system.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-
-<p>
-The command <samp>update-rc.d</samp> will set up links between files in the
-directories rc?.d and the script in <samp>/etc/init.d/</samp>. Each link will
-begin with a 'S' or a 'K', followed by a number, followed by the name of the
-script. Scripts beginning with 'S' in <samp>/etc/rcN.d/</samp> are executed
-when runlevel <samp>N</samp> is entered. Scripts beginning with a 'K' are
-executed when leaving runlevel <samp>N</samp>.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-One might, for example, cause the script <samp>foo</samp> to execute at
-boot-up, by putting it in <samp>/etc/init.d/</samp> and installing the links
-with <samp>update-rc.d foo defaults 19</samp>. The argument 'defaults' refers
-to the default runlevels, which are 2 through 5. The argument '19' ensures
-that <samp>foo</samp> is called before any scripts containing numbers 20 or
-larger.
-</p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a name="s-interconffiles"></a>10.7 How does the package management system deal with packages that contain configuration files for other packages?</h2>
-
-<p>
-Some users wish to create, for example, a new server by installing a group of
-Debian packages and a locally generated package consisting of configuration
-files. This is not generally a good idea, because <code>dpkg</code> will not
-know about those configuration files if they are in a different package, and
-may write conflicting configurations when one of the initial &quot;group&quot;
-of packages is upgraded.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Instead, create a local package that modifies the configuration files of the
-&quot;group&quot; of Debian packages of interest. Then <code>dpkg</code> and
-the rest of the package management system will see that the files have been
-modified by the local &quot;sysadmin&quot; and will not try to overwrite them
-when those packages are upgraded.
-</p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a name="s-divert"></a>10.8 How do I override a file installed by a package, so that a different version can be used instead?</h2>
-
-<p>
-Suppose a sysadmin or local user wishes to use a program
-&quot;login-local&quot; rather than the program &quot;login&quot; provided by
-the Debian <code>login</code> package.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Do <strong>not</strong>:
-</p>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-Overwrite <samp>/bin/login</samp> with <samp>login-local</samp>.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-
-<p>
-The package management system will not know about this change, and will simply
-overwrite your custom <samp>/bin/login</samp> whenever <samp>login</samp> (or
-any package that provides <samp>/bin/login</samp>) is installed or updated.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Rather, do
-</p>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-Execute:
-</p>
-
-<pre>
- dpkg-divert --divert /bin/login.debian /bin/login
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-in order to cause all future installations of the Debian <code>login</code>
-package to write the file <samp>/bin/login</samp> to
-<samp>/bin/login.debian</samp> instead.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-Then execute:
-</p>
-
-<pre>
- cp login-local /bin/login
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-to move your own locally-built program into place.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-
-<p>
-Details are given in the manual page <code>dpkg-divert(8)</code>.
-</p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a name="s-localpackages"></a>10.9 How can I have my locally-built package included in the list of available packages that the package management system knows about?</h2>
-
-<p>
-Execute the command:
-</p>
-
-<pre>
- dpkg-scanpackages BIN_DIR OVERRIDE_FILE [PATHPREFIX] &gt; my_Packages
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-where:
-</p>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-BIN-DIR is a directory where Debian archive files (which usually have an
-extension of &quot;.deb&quot;) are stored.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-OVERRIDE_FILE is a file that is edited by the distribution maintainers and is
-usually stored on a Debian FTP archive at <samp>indices/override.main.gz</samp>
-for the Debian packages in the &quot;main&quot; distribution. You can ignore
-this for local packages.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-<ul>
-<li>
-<p>
-PATHPREFIX is an <em>optional</em> string that can be prepended to the
-<samp>my_Packages</samp> file being produced.
-</p>
-</li>
-</ul>
-
-<p>
-Once you have built the file <samp>my_Packages</samp>, tell the package
-management system about it by using the command:
-</p>
-
-<pre>
- dpkg --merge-avail my_Packages
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-If you are using APT, you can add the local repository to your
-<code>sources.list(5)</code> file, too.
-</p>
-
-<hr>
-
-<h2><a name="s-diverse"></a>10.10 Some users like mawk, others like gawk; some like vim, others like elvis; some like trn, others like tin; how does Debian support diversity?</h2>
-
-<p>
-There are several cases where two packages provide two different versions of a
-program, both of which provide the same core functionality. Users might prefer
-one over another out of habit, or because the user interface of one package is
-somehow more pleasing than the interface of another. Other users on the same
-system might make a different choice.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Debian uses a &quot;virtual&quot; package system to allow system administrators
-to choose (or let users choose) their favorite tools when there are two or more
-that provide the same basic functionality, yet satisfy package dependency
-requirements without specifying a particular package.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-For example, there might exist two different versions of newsreaders on a
-system. The news server package might 'recommend' that there exist
-<em>some</em> news reader on the system, but the choice of <samp>tin</samp> or
-<samp>trn</samp> is left up to the individual user. This is satisfied by
-having both the <code>tin</code> and <code>trn</code> packages provide the
-virtual package <code>news-reader</code>. <em>Which</em> program is invoked is
-determined by a link pointing from a file with the virtual package name
-<samp>/etc/alternatives/news-reader</samp> to the selected file, e.g.,
-<samp>/usr/bin/trn</samp>.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-A single link is insufficient to support full use of an alternate program;
-normally, manual pages, and possibly other supporting files must be selected as
-well. The Perl script <samp>update-alternatives</samp> provides a way of
-ensuring that all the files associated with a specified package are selected as
-a system default.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-For example, to check what executables provide `x-window-manager', run:
-</p>
-
-<pre>
- update-alternatives --display x-window-manager
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-If you want to change it, run:
-</p>
-
-<pre>
- update-alternatives --config x-window-manager
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-And follow the instructions on the screen (basically, press the number next to
-the entry you'd like better).
-</p>
-
-<p>
-If a package doesn't register itself as a window manager for some reason (file
-a bug if it's in error), or if you use a window manager from /usr/local
-directory, the selections on screen won't contain your preferred entry. You
-can update the link through command line options, like this:
-</p>
-
-<pre>
- update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-window-manager \
- x-window-manager /usr/local/bin/wmaker-cvs 50
-</pre>
-
-<p>
-The first argument to `--install' option is the symlink that points to
-/etc/alternatives/NAME, where NAME is the second argument. The third argument
-is the program to which /etc/alternatives/NAME should point to, and the fourth
-argument is the priority (larger value means the alternative will more probably
-get picked automatically).
-</p>
-
-<p>
-To remove an alternative you added, simply run:
-</p>
-
-<pre>
- update-alternatives --remove x-window-manager /usr/local/bin/wmaker-cvs
-</pre>
-
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