network configuration files

[don fisher]

Hello,

I have a laptop with multiple docking stations (eth1: ports). I have 
been trying to make my network behave. I found that there are a set of 
files in /etc/sysconfig/networking that are hard links to other parts of 
the system. The problem is that if I delete and make a new 
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0, the files in networking are 
not updated.

Is there a document that describes what is in these directories, why 
they duplicate other files, and how they interface with NetworkManager 
etc. My network interfaces are assigned devices that are different from 
what is in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf and my entries in network-scripts.

Thanks in advance. I will RTFM if I can locate one:-) /usr/share/doc is 
a huge place to search.

don