Configuration files are the main initial resource for information about the configuration. If there is no reason to suspect that reality mismatches configurati

Configuration files are the main initial resource for information about the configuration. If there is no reason to suspect that reality mismatches configuration, there's no reason to go down that rabbit hole. What the current configuration _means_, however, is a different matter. I have worked on systems where the explanatory comments are only accessible in a different system. One more extra hurdle, whether they are helpful or not...