The configuration partition /etc, where all the configuration files are stored.
etc/shells : To see the number and type of shells
etc/passwd : User information
etc/shadow : Password information
etc/group : Groups information
etc/skel : information of defaults of user
etc/inittab : Run levels
etc/rc.d : run controls
etc/sysconfig/network : Hostname to be edited here to make it permanent
etc/hosts : Add the hostname, to ping with the hostname in network.
etc/resolv.conf : DNS information
etc/samba : Samba server information
etc/httpd : Webserver information
etc/vsftpd : FTP server information
etc/exports : NFS configuration
etc/named : DNS configuration
etc/mail : Mail server details
etc/dhcpd.conf : DHCP configuration
etc/passwd : User information
etc/shadow : Password information
etc/group : Groups information
etc/skel : information of defaults of user
etc/inittab : Run levels
etc/rc.d : run controls
etc/sysconfig/network : Hostname to be edited here to make it permanent
etc/hosts : Add the hostname, to ping with the hostname in network.
etc/resolv.conf : DNS information
etc/samba : Samba server information
etc/httpd : Webserver information
etc/vsftpd : FTP server information
etc/exports : NFS configuration
etc/named : DNS configuration
etc/mail : Mail server details
etc/dhcpd.conf : DHCP configuration