How To Guide How to configure the distribution

How to configure the distribution

The standard distribution includes a target root file system, which needs a small amount of customization once installed on the host. This is primarily localization and tailoring to the network environment, which may be different for each user.

For example, the system running on the target board may need to know which timezone it is in, and where its DNS servers are. These parameters need to be set on a per-installation basis.

The target specific customization discussed here reside in the target directory, which is the NFS exported root file system of the target. This is installed at first in a location such as: /opt/STM/STLinux-2.0/devkit/sh4/target or /opt/STM/STLinux-2.0/devkit/st231/target, but may have been copied to another location later in the installation. See Preparing the root file system in the Getting Started Guide for details.

The following sections list some of the customizations that users can make:

• Setting up DNS,

• Setting up NIS,

• Setting the date and time,

• Setting the hostname,

• Logging in via SSH without a password,

• Control-C on default console,

• Setting the timezone to the local region.

These customizations may be entered once, before the whole root file system is copied, or on an individual basis if multiple users have copies of the file system.

Once you have carried out the customizations they can be tested as described in Testing the customizations.