networking initskripts

[Boris Glawe]

Hello,

The configuration for networkinterfaces is kept in 
/etc/sysconfig/networking/.

in profiles/default/ and in devices/ there are two identical files for 
each device.

Why is the configuration for a networkinterface stored twice?

Here's what I am going to do:
I'd like to manually add configuration files to many clients. Each 
client needs an additional interface, though it has only one physical 
interface. Thus I'd like to add "eth0:1" as a virtual interface.

Is it correct to only copy a file containing the approriate 
configuration called "ifcfg-eth0:1" to 
/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices? Or do I also have to copy the file to 
/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/?

thanks in advance!

greets Boris