How to learn ablut linux files?

[Tom Varghese]

Hi all,
I am a linux beginner. I like to paly with some linux files like /etc/fstab etc/inittab etc/init.d etc. But I don't know about many other files. Where I can found about that?
Thanks in advance.

[Kieren]

You're probably best waiting until you want to do something, then learning how to do it. If you're just looking for little projects you could try:

• Creating a local DNS caching server using bind9
• Creating a subnet using DHCP
• Setting up a firewall using IPTABLES
• Modifying your grub options for a faster boot

[oz]

You can check here for some info about the Linux file system:

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Googling for linux file system or linux filesystem hierarchy will garner many more interesting articles about it.

Hope I understood the question properly.

[wakatana]

I also find some kind of guide throught configuration files because when i want modify something i dont know where to start except google simply put for example /etc/shadow structure in google
Also i am interesting if exist some command like "which" command that can print list of configuration files of daemon ?

[Tom Varghese]

You can check here for some info about the Linux file system:

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Googling for linux file system or linux filesystem hierarchy will garner many more interesting articles about it.

Hope I understood the question properly.

Yes, I think you understood properly. But I need some detailed description. I got an overview from the link. Thanks a lot.