The /etc/sysconfig directory in Oracle Linux 8 contains static configuration files and scripts that control the behavior of system services and utilities. When a software package that provides a system service (e.g., chronyd, sshd, network-scripts) is installed, it often places a corresponding configuration file in this directory. For example, installing the chronyd package creates /etc/sysconfig/chronyd. Therefore, the contents of the /etc/sysconfig directory are directly dependent on which packages are installed on the system, allowing administrators to customize service parameters.

A. Device and driver information is dynamically exposed through the /sys and /proc virtual filesystems, not stored in /etc/sysconfig.

B. Information about running processes is located in the /proc virtual filesystem, with each process having a subdirectory named by its process ID.

D. System hardware information is made available by the kernel through virtual filesystems like /proc (e.g., /proc/cpuinfo) and /sys.

1. Oracle Linux 8 Documentation: In the "Managing Core System Configuration" guide

the description of the /etc directory states it contains system configuration files. The /etc/sysconfig subdirectory is a convention in RHEL-based distributions like Oracle Linux for holding configuration files for services installed by packages. For instance

the networking service configuration is detailed in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/

which is provided by the network-scripts package.

Source: Oracle® Linux 8: Managing Core System Configuration

Chapter 1

"About System Configuration Files".

2. systemd Documentation (man pages): The systemd.exec(5) man page

which is part of the official Oracle Linux 8 system documentation

describes the EnvironmentFile= directive used in service unit files. This directive often points to a file in /etc/sysconfig to load service-specific configuration variables. This establishes a direct link between a service (installed by a package) and its configuration file in /etc/sysconfig.

Source: man systemd.exec

Section "EnvironmentFile="

Oracle Linux 8.

3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Documentation: As Oracle Linux is derived from RHEL

its documentation is highly relevant. The "Configuring and managing networking" guide explicitly details the role of files within /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. The presence and content of these files depend on the network-scripts package being installed and the network interfaces configured.

Source: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Documentation

"Configuring and managing networking

" Section 2.3

"Configuring an Ethernet connection using ifcfg files".